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‘Like 1984, only worse’: UK may resurrect ‘snooper’s charter’
The controversial bill dubbed as “a snooper’s charter’, which would allow the government to track everyone’s email, Internet and cell phone texts usage, might have new life, today’s Queens’s speech revealed.
Proposals published as a part of the Queen’s speech, which kicks off the start of the new parliamentary year in the UK, confirmed that the government has been in contact with Internet providers and is still considering passing new legislation which bears similarity to the draft Communications Data Bill (CDB) published last year.
“The Government is committed to ensuring that law enforcement and intelligence agencies have the powers they need to protect the public and ensure national security,” Downing Street stated in a briefing note published alongside the speech.
“Communications data helps to keep the public safe: it is used by the police to investigate crimes, bring offenders to justice and save lives.”
The speech noted that the problem of matching Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to people would be met with government proposals which would both enable “the protection of the public and the investigation of crime in cyberspace.”
“The government is looking at ways of addressing this issue with computer service providers. It may involve legislation,” the proposals state.
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http://rt.com/news/uk-snooper-charter-revived-023/
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