internet surveillance

Strategy

Universal Basic Income is a sticking plaster - a real cure for technology-driven disparity is needed

The UBI sidesteps the most important question - who controls the data?

clock 18 May 2017 • 5 min read

Government

'The UK does not undertake mass surveillance,' Theresa May tells Parliamentary Committee

Home Secretary tells Joint Committee that bulk data collection and Investigatory Powers Bill plans don't equate to mass surveillance

clock 13 January 2016 • 5 min read

Government

UK government plans to weaken encryption 'threatens way of life, privacy and economic stability', warns Apple

'Strong encryption is vital to protecting innocent people from malicious actors,' Apple says in evidence released by Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee

clock 07 January 2016 • 4 min read

Government

Mass surveillance and bulk data collection won't prevent terrorism, warns ex-NSA director William Binney

Binney tells Joint Committee of MPs and Lords that targeted surveillance could've prevented 9/11

clock 06 January 2016 • 3 min read

Government

'If people knew what bulk collection in Investigatory Powers Bill really meant, there'd be uproar' privacy expert tells MPs

Dr Joss Wright tells Science and Technology Committee modern communications data should be treated with respect, and government must be more clear about its intent to increase mass surveillance

clock 11 November 2015 •

Government

'A government right to hack and a risk to British business' - Technology firms slam Investigatory Powers Bill

Representatives of the UK technology industry express grave concerns over 'Snooper's Charter' while giving evidence to Science and Technology Committee

clock 10 November 2015 •

Government

Labour expresses concern over lack of safeguards within Investigatory Powers Bill

'The safeguards you are proposing are not as strong as it appeared,' Shadow Home Secretary writes in a letter to Theresa May

clock 09 November 2015 •