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From the Times:
Who's an ickle criminal, then?
"...the Prime Minister knows — for the move to target the most socially excluded children is being driven by him. It comes against the back drop of the introduction of the national children’s database next year. This register of all children in England and Wales will record name,address, date of birth, gender, a unique ID, contact details of parent or carer, school, GP practice and other practitioners dealing with the child. Any health visitor, social worker, doctor or teacher who has concerns about the welfare of a child can flag it up — not the details of a worrying incident, but simply that there might be cause for concern..."
"...And that’s not the half of it. What ministers now plan to do is to intervene before a child is born. Midwives will be trained to spot signs of family pressure in a mother and call for help, whether she has asked for it or not. The idea is to identify before birth the children likely to be born into disadvantage and family breakdown, and help the parents to cope..."
What's the next step? Based on this governments anti-libertarian history, it would not surprise me if they decided that it would be a good idea to implant this data in the form of an RFID chip. It may not happen for a few years, but the technology exists to do this.
Alice.
Who's an ickle criminal, then?
"...the Prime Minister knows — for the move to target the most socially excluded children is being driven by him. It comes against the back drop of the introduction of the national children’s database next year. This register of all children in England and Wales will record name,address, date of birth, gender, a unique ID, contact details of parent or carer, school, GP practice and other practitioners dealing with the child. Any health visitor, social worker, doctor or teacher who has concerns about the welfare of a child can flag it up — not the details of a worrying incident, but simply that there might be cause for concern..."
"...And that’s not the half of it. What ministers now plan to do is to intervene before a child is born. Midwives will be trained to spot signs of family pressure in a mother and call for help, whether she has asked for it or not. The idea is to identify before birth the children likely to be born into disadvantage and family breakdown, and help the parents to cope..."
What's the next step? Based on this governments anti-libertarian history, it would not surprise me if they decided that it would be a good idea to implant this data in the form of an RFID chip. It may not happen for a few years, but the technology exists to do this.
Alice.
