Investigatory Powers Bill fails to address key flaws raised by critical Parliamentary reports

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Government to EXPAND police powers to tap ISPs' mandatory web-records database

As expected, the government has today published its the much-criticised Investigatory Powers Bill, which will expand the powers of the security services to spy on people's web browsing activities. ...

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