UK Surveillance Bill: giving up privacy for security but with no guarantee of security
Freedoms cannot be given up for the nebulous cause of ‘security’.
Freedoms cannot be given up for the nebulous cause of ‘security’.
On the left we should be clear that the struggle for civil liberties is now taking place in cyberspace.
Barack Obama’s approach to surveillance is now regarded as one of the primary issues facing campaigners for civil liberties.
Mass surveillance of innocent citizens, both by the US and by our own government, is a concerning development. And yet there seems to be little debate in the UK.
The nine hour detention of the partner of a UK journalist should be troubling for many reasons, but first and foremost because it was done using terrorism legislation.
The United States of America is not one for letting things go. So when Edward Snowden – a 29-year old CIA employee seconded to the NSA – leaked classified information on highly-secretive surveillance systems, he will have known that his days of anonymity and free-living were numbered.