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THE first arrest made against someone for not complying with lockdown rules was carried out using the wrong law, it was revealed today.
Marie Dinou from York was detained by officers for “refusing to speak” at Newcastle Central station last Saturday and subsequently fined £660.
She was prosecuted under the Coronavirus Act for failing to provide her identity or reasons for travel to the police when asked, according to the Times newspaper.
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people
