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[ NNSquad ] UK takes more moves toward true police state status
UK takes more moves toward true police state status
"UK considers stepping up Internet blocking"
http://j.mp/18K4eiI (Columbia Journalism Review)
Her suggested remedy is a three-pronged approach: ban more
organizations and Muslim schools that the government believes are
inciting hate; block extremist websites, and revive the Communications
Data Bill, which would which would require Internet service providers
and mobile companies to keep records of every user's browsing
activities, email correspondences, and texts for 12 months. Phone
companies in the UK already are required to retain email and telephone
contact data.
Some filters against extremist websites have been in place since 2010,
May told the BBC. Since then, police have gotten more than 5,500
postings deleted from the Internet, she added. Police and governments
routinely request that Internet companies and Web hosts take down,
block, or filter content they deem to be offensive or illegal.
Companies can voluntarily comply or wait for a court order to do so.
Now May would like to examine whether officials should have broader
power to demand that content be removed.
Home Office spokeswoman Sally Henfield said in a telephone interview
that the examination will be part of the government's Extremist and
Radicalization Task Force, established this week in the aftermath of
the Woolwich stabbing. Further details have yet to be decided.
The conservative government's coalition partner, the Liberal
Democrats, said that in the wake of the Woolwich murder, they would
agree to some parts of the draft Communications Data Bill, which they
blocked in April over privacy concerns.
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The UK is declining into true police state status faster than anywhere
else in the world that I know of. How long before they try to ban VPNs
and proxies?
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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