UK surveillance plan to go ahead
UK surveillance plan to go ahead. The Home Office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use. Ministers confirmed their intention despite concerns and opposition from some in the industry. The proposals include asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook. Some 40% of respondents to the Home Office’s consultation opposed the plans – but ministers say communication interception needs to be updated. Both the police and secret security services have legal powers in the UK to intercept communications in the interests of combating crime or threats to national security.
[The Heretical Two are in a UK prison because of their internet use - creating a website hosted in California, USA. When this article suggests the Home Office will be monitoring all internet use they mean just that.]