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UK "snoopers' charter" faces strong parliamentary opposition Jun 14th 2012, 11:19 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18434112 Quote: Details of internet use in the UK will have to be stored for a year to allow police and intelligence services to access it, under government plans. Records will include people's activity on social network sites, webmail, internet phone calls and online gaming. Home Secretary Theresa May said the change was needed to keep up with how criminals were using new technology. But senior Tory David Davis said it was "incredibly intrusive" and would only "catch the innocent and incompetent". The Communications Bill is to be published in draft form on Thursday - but the government faces a battle to get it through Parliament intact, with Lib Dem MPs and Conservatives such as Mr Davis calling for it to be watered down or abandoned altogether... ...The police and security services are concerned that criminals and terrorists are increasingly evading detection by using social media and online gaming sites to communicate with each other. Officers would still need to obtain a warrant to gain access to the content of the online communication. But the government would be able to request any service provider to keep data about internet usage, although initially it will involve about a dozen firms including BT, Virgin and Sky.

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