Comment: Why it’s time to get rid of Prevent
Cameron’s strategy rests on the assumption that there is a conveyer belt which takes people along a path from extremist views to violent acts
snoopers’ charter
Comment: Labour must support judicial warrants for surveillance
The Labour leadership can go a long way to ensuring there are sufficient safeguards on our information and privacy
Will Boris defend Londoners’ liberties?
The Met Police’s definition of extremism is growing dangerously broad
The clock is ticking on surveillance
Katrina Gajevska, vice-chair of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights, explains the threat from the Communication Data Bill, known as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’.
The government must do more to promote freedom
One rare piece of good news from the Tory-led government was Nick Clegg’s decision to block the so-called ‘Snoopers Charter’, a draft piece of fundamentally illiberal legislation which would have allowed the security services to monitor emails, text messages and internet browsing.
The Snoopers’ Charter would turn a nation of citizens into a nation of suspects
Whilst blanket surveillance will inevitably bring some law enforcement gains, monitoring of an entire population smacks of authoritarianism, and will undermine the proud reputation for liberty we have developed as the oldest unbroken democracy in the world.