'Profoundly wrong' Investigatory Powers Bill slammed for 'treating everyone as a suspect'

Danny Palmer
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But Downing Street insists bill is required because 'the gap in capabilities are putting lives at risk'

The government's new Investigatory Powers Bill has been attacked by academics and lawyers who have criticised it for "treating everyone as a suspect" and being "profoundly wrong". Unveiled as pa...

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