Britain’s Home Secretary is pushing for new spying powers to access social media and email accounts. Theresa May argues that it’s a “matter of life and death,” and has dismissed claims the government wants to spy on citizens. The British Home Office is pushing for changes to the law that would radically expand powers to monitor citizens. The communications data bill, which has been branded ‘the snooper’s charter’ by opponents, would allow authorities access to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. In addition, services like Facetime and Skype would also be accessible to the UK authorities. May argues that social media platforms have become “safe havens” for organized crime and terrorism and the government must act to counter the new threat.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:33:48 +0000
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