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The UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill is about to become law – here's why that should terrify us

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Surveillance Law Data protection Terrorism
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UK

14 October 2016

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"The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge."

See: The UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill is about to become law – here's why that should terrify us (Open Democracy, link)

The IP Bill as at 12 September 16 (pdf): The Bill is now before the House of Lords.

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