...when accusations will put you on a sex register-esque list BBC News - New powers to restrict potential sex offenders that will be guilty until proven innocent then...
Its a typical knee jerk reaction to all of the recent press I guess, to get the public onside. No surprise really, but not nice if its a case of mistaken identity......
It could be a licence for a vindictive kid who takes a dislike to you (eg a teacher who has put a pupil in detention) to really screw your life up
And, of course, this is in no way connected to their greater powers to snoop on internet usage... Logical conclusion - forget to "delete history", get tagged as a peado and banned from leaving the country... Call me cynical...
...or realist freedoms are almost gone in the UK, the ones that are most precious. Speech, privacy, movement, even to read books as there are lots on banned lists. where's the Hitler handbook...