There is a messed up situation about to happen on Monday in the house of lords.
Directly after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, we cautioned the public and politicians to be "wary of any attempt to rush through new surveillance and law enforcement powers." With depressing predictability, we've already seen that happen across the continent.
cont:
https://www.eff.org//deeplinks/2015/01/britons-you-have-72-hours-stop-snoopers-charter
BBC version:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30952592
Further reading:
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2391667/-snoopers-charter-sneaked-in-to-counter-terrorism-bill
Their Justification:
https://gigaom.com/2015/01/22/uk-terror-law-amendments-would-bring-back-snoopers-charter/
If you guys are daunted by the links, just know that in summary if this bill passes (and dear god with all my heart I blooming hope not), then it means:
To all British people!! you can help by signing the petition and even tweeting the bl**dy lord themselves!! Every single actions helps, because people s**t's hitting the fan here!
Tweets:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-britain-s-lords-don-t-let-the-snooper-s-charter-sneak-past-you
Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-snooper-s-charter
To the admin or mods, if I have overstepped myself or if I've done something wrong I apologise sincerely. Please if there are any problems, I beg you to fix them or notify me so I can fix them but please do not take this post down, as I believe everyone should know what these are doing. Thank you!!
Latest Update:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/lords-sneak-uk-internet-snooping-law-bill-minus-safeguards.html
You can follow this on the above link or on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2thvxu/britons_you_have_72_hours_to_stop_the_snoopers/?sort=confidence
Directly after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, we cautioned the public and politicians to be "wary of any attempt to rush through new surveillance and law enforcement powers." With depressing predictability, we've already seen that happen across the continent.
cont:
https://www.eff.org//deeplinks/2015/01/britons-you-have-72-hours-stop-snoopers-charter
BBC version:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30952592
Further reading:
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2391667/-snoopers-charter-sneaked-in-to-counter-terrorism-bill
Their Justification:
https://gigaom.com/2015/01/22/uk-terror-law-amendments-would-bring-back-snoopers-charter/
If you guys are daunted by the links, just know that in summary if this bill passes (and dear god with all my heart I blooming hope not), then it means:
Why is this important?
The proposals, which will compel telecoms companies to retain data about customer calls and internet usage for one year, comes after Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to crack down on encrypted communications over the internet. But encryption is a normal part of internet security. This is dangerous nonsense.
To all British people!! you can help by signing the petition and even tweeting the bl**dy lord themselves!! Every single actions helps, because people s**t's hitting the fan here!
Tweets:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-britain-s-lords-don-t-let-the-snooper-s-charter-sneak-past-you
Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-snooper-s-charter
To the admin or mods, if I have overstepped myself or if I've done something wrong I apologise sincerely. Please if there are any problems, I beg you to fix them or notify me so I can fix them but please do not take this post down, as I believe everyone should know what these are doing. Thank you!!
Latest Update:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/lords-sneak-uk-internet-snooping-law-bill-minus-safeguards.html
You can follow this on the above link or on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2thvxu/britons_you_have_72_hours_to_stop_the_snoopers/?sort=confidence