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UK: Tim Berners-Lee urges government to stop the snooping bill - Exclusive: Extension of surveillance powers 'a destruction of human rights'

01 April 2012

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"The government's controversial plans to allow intelligence agencies to monitor the internet use and digital communications of every person in the UK suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when the inventor of the world wide web warned that the measures were dangerous and should be dropped"

See: Full article: Tim Berners-Lee urges government to stop the snooping bill - Exclusive: Extension of surveillance powers 'a destruction of human rights' (Guardian, link)

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