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Snooper's Charter: What Are They Saying?
It’s snuck in under the radar, but the highly controversial Snooper’s Charter has been passed. What is it? It requires communication companies to store all your records for 12 months, where the government can then access them whenever they want. We find out what all this means.
Second World War veteran Harry Leslie Smith had this to say about the bill.
I am deeply distressed as to why #Labour did not fight hard enough to prevent the #snooperscharter https://t.co/6WUCDksHAS
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) November 19, 2016
Civil freedoms charity Liberty aim to promote human rights for all citizens of the United Kingdom, they choke slammed the Snooper’s Charter, comparing the UK to a ‘Totalitarian State’.
The British state has achieved totalitarian-style surveillance powers with the passage of #SnoopersCharter https://t.co/eMrJALOMEw
— Liberty (@libertyhq) November 21, 2016
Zack Whittaker of the American news channel CBS's view.
Just in: Britain has passed the snoopers' charter, the "most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy." https://t.co/n4w1uA1Pjt pic.twitter.com/FaINmYj6Eu
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) November 17, 2016
Tech magazine ‘Wired’ told of the long battle the charter faces against tech giants such as Google and Twitter.
Reminder: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo! all had problems with this law: https://t.co/O2xmNs02Xc
— Matt Burgess (@mattburgess1) November 16, 2016
There is the possibility that everyone’s internet bill will rise because of the bill.
Britons' Internet access bills will soar to pay for Snoopers Charter #1yragohttps://t.co/Q1o9dlpPMa pic.twitter.com/64gMSfgNDx
— Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) November 11, 2016
John Cooper was confused as to why the bill was passed without any opposition.
Where was our Opposition to the Snoopers Charter which passed through Parliament this week without a whimper? #snooperscharter
— John Cooper (@John_Cooper_QC) 20 November 2016
The power of the bill should not be understated.
Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy' https://t.co/mvOFxgYqzU #snooperscharter
— Richard Wellings (@RichardWellings) 18 November 2016
Cassette Boy had his say…
Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee talked to Channel 4 about his opposition to the bill.
In fact the response to the bill has been overwhelmingly negative. Your information is now at the mercy of the government regardless of whether you have been involved in any wrong doing or not. With the bill being passed without the public's knowledge this shouldn't be the end of the long running issue.
