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May 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The controversial government proposals to increase digital surveillance were announced in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, British media reported.
The Home Office wants powers to monitor internet traffic, known as communications data, to keep track of serious criminals and terrorists.
However, the measures were described by civil liberties campaigners as a “Snooper’s Charter” and a “dangerous” invasion of privacy.
“We’re really worried about these new plans for internet snooping, they represent a huge increase in the amount of surveillance government has that are really not appropriate”, said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group.
“People need to be suspected before they’re surveilled – that’s how the law should work, but what the government’s saying is: ‘Were going to treat you all as suspects, and ask you to trust us not to abuse that data”, added Killock.
“These are very dangerous measures – they cross a line, they take us from targeting people that we suspect, to targeting everybody and really lowering the barriers of what the government can find out about you without going through a court.”
The proposals would involve recording “communications data” – the digital fingerprint of who messaged who, when and where – not the actual content of the communication.
The legislation would update existing procedures on how information like email addresses and phone numbers can be collected by authorities.
The government argues the law is needed to keep pace with technological changes and enable security services to confront threats to the U-K.
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