UK’s mass surveillance bill is illegal – Boing Boing

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UK’s mass surveillance bill is illegal

High Court judges ruled that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (#DRIP) was inconsistent with the European convention on human rights.

via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/07/17/uks-mass-surveillance-bill-i.html

The judges ruled that the law should be “disapplied” but that this didn’t have to happen until March 2016, giving Parliament time to pass new (likely more horrific) legislation.

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