UK government plans blanket monitoring of emails, phone calls, and web...
The Times reports that the UK government is considering plans for a £12 billion database to monitor and store the emails, phone calls and web browsing records of everyone in the country. While the Home...
View ArticleJenni Russell on the UK government’s crisis of trust
From Jenni Russell in The Guardian: Only four months ago, when Smith gave a speech to the Smith Institute on the necessity of parliament’s shoving through the imminent plans for 42-day detention, the...
View ArticleOutgoing chief prosecutor warns against “mediaeval delusions” and “the...
Ken MacDonald, the outgoing chief prosecutor of England and Wales, has warned against paranoid fears over terrorism being used to justify giving the government ever more “sweeping powers”, the BBC...
View ArticleNO2ID – Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?
NO2ID’s hard-hitting video on the dangers of data abuse Many summers ago I had a temp job as a clerk at a private bank where a number of big-name celebrities held an account. The amiable chap I was...
View ArticleOnline poll: Should the UK government secretly allow GCHQ to manipulate the...
Take Our Poll From The Guardian The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has developed sophisticated tools to manipulate online polls, spam targets with SMS messages, track people by impersonating spammers and...
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