Soldato
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I thought I would make this post to increase awareness on this issue.
It has recently appeared in the news that several lords have amended a new counter-terrorism bill to include the 'snooper's charter', and hope to have it passed before the election. You can read more here.
Something with such huge consequences should never be rushed through like this. It needs to go through the process of consultation and debate.
For those who don't know, the Communications Data Bill (AKA 'snooper's charter') was shot down in 2013 thanks to Nick Clegg and was prevented being being re-introduced again in the 2010-2015 parliament. It is a massive violation of privacy, the wrong approach to a problem, and a step on a slippery slope. There are plenty of resources that help explain why this is bad for us, the Open Rights Group is a good starting point (see here).
It has recently appeared in the news that several lords have amended a new counter-terrorism bill to include the 'snooper's charter', and hope to have it passed before the election. You can read more here.
Something with such huge consequences should never be rushed through like this. It needs to go through the process of consultation and debate.
For those who don't know, the Communications Data Bill (AKA 'snooper's charter') was shot down in 2013 thanks to Nick Clegg and was prevented being being re-introduced again in the 2010-2015 parliament. It is a massive violation of privacy, the wrong approach to a problem, and a step on a slippery slope. There are plenty of resources that help explain why this is bad for us, the Open Rights Group is a good starting point (see here).
It sounds silly but sending tweets to lords could actually make quite a different - they probably are not aware of the amendments.
You can do that from here:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-britain-s-lords-don-t-let-the-snooper-s-charter-sneak-past-you.
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