29 June 2026
Registered: 40
Cancellations: 12
Attendees: 7 (2 new, 5 returning)
Luma: https://luma.com/qz43jrz4
Promo: https://x.com/roxananasoi/status/2070455524529721409
https://x.com/roxananasoi/status/2069087547213357262
https://x.com/roxananasoi/status/2066888704325525639
https://x.com/Logos_network/status/2066872839202828306
https://gbtt.info/guest-opinions/theatre-and-tyranny/
The June meeting of Logos Circle London opened on the day of the fifth and final EU trillogue on Chat Control, treating it as the live case for parallel infrastructure: detection orders that could scan Signal and WhatsApp, mandatory age verification tying messaging to real-world identity, and a parallel push to revive voluntary scanning, all framed as misdirected governmental capacity aimed at everyone’s correspondence rather than at offenders.
The agenda then reviewed the UK debt campaign, which highlighted debt interest of around £114bn in 2026, more than the running cost of the Department for Education. Reach was solid (7k+ views across Logos posts, roughly 6k on the 15 June personal posts), but the real return was relationships, signups, and the signal that a fragmented movement wants change and lacks coordination, which is precisely where Logos can add value.
Two companion tools extended that work: spendinggame.xyz, which makes tax spending and debt interest playable across four countries so the problem reads as structural, and vpnscorecard.com, an independent, non-commercial VPN comparison with no affiliate links, and open data, offered as a practical answer to rising surveillance pressure.
The second half of the meeting looked at future initiatives. Members were asked which campaign themes could deploy at national scale across multiple countries, with candidates including public spending, youth unemployment, stagnation, surveillance, and gap mapping, and where the Circle already held the relationships to explore them. A light self-categorisation exercise invited everyone to place themselves as builder, advocate, privacy user, funder, or some mix, to match people to the work without commitment.
The agenda closed with two proposals for the year ahead: building a privacy-preserving check-in app of the Circle’s own, replacing Luma so no third party holds attendance records, and drafting a short founding manifesto to be signed together as the Circle approaches its first anniversary.
Full write-up available here.