surveillance

GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 want safeguards governing the use of bulk personal datasets to be reduced

Proposal could bring together bodycams and facial recognition

Government departments were instructed last year to discontinue use of China-made cameras at sensitive sites

TikTok reported to be tracking specific US citizens, while TikTok and Facebook failed to block ads containing blatant misinformation about the upcoming US midterm elections

But blocking the $1.7bn deal won't be easy

News comes as NSO says Pegasus spyware used by at least five EU countries

Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden said, "The Biden administration has the chance to turn off the spigot of American dollars and help put them out of business for good"

It is the second time in two years that the UN has warned about the dangers of unchecked surveillance technology