Updated | Posters of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin are being used to alert the U.K. to a controversial "spy bill."
The Investigatory Powers Bill authorises a series of snooping powers for the intelligence services and police.
A coalition of civil rights groups, called Don't Spy On Us created the poster campaign with the aim of making a serious point about the erosion of civil liberties.
The advertising campaign that takes a satirical look at how other authoritarian regimes might think about the world-leading legislation in question.
The campaign asks whether Britain will be in a position to criticize countries such as China, Russia, North Korea or Zimbabwe should the government pass the surveillance laws.
Eric King, the director of Don't Spy On Us, told the Guardian: "The U.K. government should be leading the way in guaranteeing safe and secure communications for everyone. Instead it is providing examples for dictators across the world.
"When China introduced controversial sweeping surveillance powers just a few months ago, its government claimed it was doing 'basically the same as what other major countries in the world do'. Oppressive regimes are already following our lead."
The headine initally read "Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin Used in Satirical U.K. Privacy Campaign" but has been changed to reflect the picture.
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