Prevent referrals have shot up by ~40% in England and Wales 📈
Kids, teens and vulnerable people are being pushed into a mass surveillance programme where 80% of referrals don't go anywhere. But their data remains in the system.
It’s clear that a programme designed for counter-terrorism has lost the plot.
Read our latest blog ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/rising-prevent-referrals-and-the-runaway-train-of-mass-surveillance/
#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol
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