Govt unveils 'snooping' plans
The police and security services will be given new powers to track suspects through their use of emails and websites, the government proposed today.
The police and security services will be given new powers to track suspects through their use of emails and websites, the government proposed today.
The director of the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has criticised the government today after a controversial move to give police, security services and tax officials access to details of people's phone calls, emails and internet usage.
Nick Pickles said the Bill was an "unprecedented and unwarranted attack on our privacy":
The cursory concession on local councils is pure misdirection to try and disguise what are deeply unsettling proposals.
Across 117 pages the Home Office has set out the greatest attack on the private life seen for generations.
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.