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UK Snoopers Charter Legal Challenge Successfully Crowdfunded
Mere hours after being launched, a crowdfunding campaign to fund legal action against the UK Government over its newly introduced Investigatory Powers Act – derisively known as the Snoopers Charter for its sweeping scope to spy on every UK citizen without a warrant – has hit its £10,000 target. The…
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Court Rules UK Snooper’s Charter Illegal
The highest court in Europe has ruled that the UK’s draconian new mass surveillance bill, passed into law last month, is illegal. The case against the Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter – was brought by Conservative MP David Davis – now the Government’s Brexit Secretary – and…
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Websites Could Boycott UK Over Surveillance Law
A new campaign, protesting the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act, which gives the government access to 12 months’ worth of internet browsing data for every resident of the country – making it the most invasive mass surveillance program in Western civilisation – is asking websites to “block or restrict” UK…
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UK Surveillance Law Requires Encryption Backdoors
As if the new Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter for its egregious mass surveillance of every UK resident – wasn’t scary enough, it has now emerged that the law requires ISPs, telecom providers, and other communications services to build backdoors into any new encryption services. The latest…
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WWW Inventor Attacks New Undemocratic UK Surveillance Law
The Investigatory Powers Bill, nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter, which requires UK ISPs to record the internet history of every user within the country for twelve months, and grants police, intelligence, and government departments access to that information, as given Royal Assent today, meaning it has officially become law. The law…
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UK Confirms Intent to Block Adult Sites at ISP Level
Last week, the UK was hit by the news that the Investigatory Powers Bill – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter and described by UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy Joseph Cannataci as “worse than scary” – was set to become law, and now the government has confirmed that it intends to push…
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UK Passes “Terrifying” Internet Surveillance Law
The Investigatory Powers Bill – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter due to its draconian approach to mass surveillance – has been passed by the House of Lords after four years of consultations and redrafting. First proposed by Prime Minister Theresa May, then Home secretary, in 2012, the bill forces…
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Human Rights Group Pranks UK Government over Snoopers’ Charter
The UK Government continues to press ahead with its proposed Investigatory Powers bill – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter – which will give police and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the text messages, e-mails, location data, and internet browser history of each and every person in the country, despite protest and…
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Parliamentary Committee Tears UK Snooper’s Charter to Shreds
A new Parliamentary Joint Committee on the latest draft of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill proposal – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter, due to its wide-ranging powers of mass surveillance – has called for “significant changes” and “important clarity” to be added to the controversial proposal. “The Government still…
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Ex-NSA Director Warns UK Snooper’s Charter Will Kill People
The former Technical Director of the NSA has warned that should the UK Investigatory Powers Bill – nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter – pass into law that it will result in the deaths of innocent people. Bill Binney says that the sheer quantity of information that GCHQ analysts will be forced…
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ISPs Claim UK Snooper’s Charter Could Push Up Broadband Prices
Internet Service Providers in the UK have warned that they will need to put up their broadband charges should Home Secretary Theresa May (pictured) MP’s Investigatory Powers Bill, nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter, pass into law. Representatives of ISPs told the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that money allotted by…
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Researcher Makes Live Browser History Public to Show Impact of UK’s Surveillance Bill
Since details of the UK’s proposed Investigatory Powers Bill – a law nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter and that aims to open police and intelligence services’ mandate to, amongst other things, access and monitor the internet browser history of any UK citizen – there has been growing concern over the right…
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UN Privacy Chief Brands UK Surveillance Bill “Worse Than Scary”
Joseph Cannataci, the Special Rapporteur on Privacy for the United Nations, has attacked the UK Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill, branding the so-called “Snooper’s Charter” as being “worse than scary,” adding that he has seen no evidence that mass surveillance is successful for fighting crime. Cannataci, during his keynote speech at…
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Apple CEO Predicts ‘Dire Consequences’ For Privacy if Snooper’s Charter is Passed
The UK government’s Investigatory Powers Bill allows the police, and officials to record each person’s web activity for a 12 month period. Additionally, internet service providers are required by law to assist the state and break through any encryption. Technically, this could make it illegal for Apple to sell their…
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Full Scope of UK’s Worrying Surveillance Bill Revealed
The UK Home Secretary, Conservative MP Theresa May, has outlined the full scope of the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill. The bill, which has been teased by both May and UK Prime Minister David Cameron as a legal means by which police and intelligence services can bypass internet and telecommunication encryption…
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