More Plans For UK Internet Snooping Bill Revealed In Queen's Speech 114
TheGift73 writes "By far the most controversial bill discussed in the Queen's speech today has to be the 'Draft Communications Bill' which '...will allow the police and intelligence agencies to collect data on communications, like texts and emails, flexible to changes in technology, such as the Internet. This will apply UK wide.' The Queen's Speech has set out the government's legislative plans for the next year."
El Reg has the skinny on the CCDP related parts. From their article: "It's unclear if those 'strict safeguards' mean that a warrant, for example, would be needed before spooks could access such data. The rough proposal appeared to only fuzzily indicate that such protection for British citizens would be provided, however."
Cameras (Score:5, Insightful)
I though they had enough cameras to see everything everyone sends or reads anyway?
Jolly good. (Score:4, Insightful)
It's always nice to see a Royal Monarch, decked in the spoils of war, complain about organized crime.
As above, so below.
Re:Jolly good. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Free speech? (Score:5, Insightful)
Ironically a couple of sentences earlier in The Queen's Speech, she read the sentence that "The government will protect freedom of speech."
This phrase shows just how backwards monarchy is. Free speech is not something the government protects. Free speech is something that protects you from the government. If the government can decide which speech to protect, you don't really have free speech at all.
Re:Parasites (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Damn elderly. (Score:5, Insightful)
Sure, which one do you think will do better, Camilla or Kate?
How about electing a leader? The whole concept of kings and queens is a throwback to genetic memory, these people are no better at leading the country then the people who empty the bins in the street would be.
Re:How's that supposed to work? (Score:4, Insightful)
It's all about preventing protests and rebellions.
It protects the rich elite from common folk. NOTHING ELSE!
"By far the most controversial"? (Score:5, Insightful)
Is this really "by far the most controversial bill" discussed in the Queen's Speech?
This is a controversial matter; it's also an important one. But the Queen's speech also discussed the reform of the House of Lords - a fundamental constitutional change which has led to a schism in the government. And it didn't suggest any change to the austerity program or welfare system, despite there being a lot of popular pressure to move away from austerity-only to focus on economic growth. Both of those questions are more controversial than the outlined surveillance bill.
I know that this is an important matter, and particularly important to people on Slashdot, but let's not lose perspective: this was not (unless I missed it) even discussed by Ed Miliband (the leader of the opposition party) when he criticised the legislative agenda. It's not the most controversial, or indeed important, measure announced.
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