So here's the playbook:

1. You know they're anyway going to keep making laws like these - London has been a full surveillance city since forever due to the CCTV network. This isn't new.
2. By lecturing them, you annoy them, so they're going to do it more
3. You build data centers and profitably lease out compute to the surveillance state
4. Moneys

Interesting you mention that, because...

**UK Met Police Chief Mark Rowley Hails Facial Recognition, Outlines Drone and AI Policing Plans**
*https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-street-surveillance-facial-recognition-policing*

**Trump to Confront Starmer Over UK Free Speech Laws During State Visit**
*https://reclaimthenet.org/trump-to-confront-starmer-over-uk-free-speech-laws-during-state-visit*

0xbitcoiner

US Tech Giants Race to Spend Billions in UK AI Push

Smart move as they do need a lot of datacenters in the UK to police all the traffic linked to KYC data. Thought police is compute intensive.