They had implemented that already a while ago, then reverted the behaviour, and now implemented it once again.
It seems as if it was not "enabled" for everyone yet, however.
They hid the permissions with each version better and better and apparently decided now, users don't need them at all.
Say whatever you want about the stunt itself but nothing in there was made up or falsified. They actually even redacted certain parts of the conversation they deemed confidential.
It's all fun and games until the US and the EU start adopting the very same totalitarian measures, they have been critising for decades in other countries.
The conversation with Ben Wallace can be watched in its entirety (excluding the redacted parts) at https://odysee.com/@RaymondTheBrave:5/Full-Video-by-Vovan-and-Lexus-with-UK-Secretary-of-State-for-Defence-Ben-Wallace:a