As the Labour movement’s attention is focused on our leadership contest,the government is busy preparing new legislation for the autumn. One of the first and most meaningful items on the agenda will be the investigatory powers bill, which will contain new powers for the government to conduct surveillance in the UK.
Whoever is elected Labour leader must be ready to deal with this bill. It represents an attempt to settle one of the biggest issues of our time – how to protect both security and privacy in an age of international terrorism and ample data.
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Source: theguardian.com