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Expansion of UK Investigatory Law to Force Tech Companies Into 'Surveillance State'

Expansion of UK Investigatory Law to Force Tech Companies Into 'Surveillance State'

Sputnik International

Last year, King Charles III announced No.10’s decision to expand the powers of the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, adding that threats to national security are currently "changing rapidly due to new technology."

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The UK government’s drive to update the country’s controversial Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) is prompting “a fresh outcry” among both industry execs and privacy campaigners, a US news outlet has reported.According to the outlet, Downing Street’s actions to expand what is known as one of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws could hobble efforts to protect user privacy.TechUK insisted that combined with pre-existing powers, the IPA changes would "grant a de- facto power to indefinitely veto companies from making changes to their products and services offered in the UK."The document points out that TechUK is concerned that the the proposed changes are presented by the Home Office as minor adjustments and as such are being downplayed.Director of thecampaign group Big Brother Watch, Silkie Carlo, argued that with CCTV footage or social media posts people may not have an expectation of privacy, but that "data taken together and processed in a certain way, can be incredibly intrusive."A No.10 spokesperson in turn underscored that the government has always been clear that it supports technological innovation as well as private and secure communications technologies, including end-to-end encryption. "But this cannot come at a cost to public safety, and it is critical that decisions are taken by those with democratic accountability," the spokesperson warned.The Home Office in particular wants companies offering messaging services, including Apple behind FaceTime and iMessage, and Meta* behind WhatsApp, to seek government approval around these messaging tools’ security featuresThe 2016 IPA, commonly known as the "snoopers’ charter", contains a spate of provisions, such as requiring broadband internet service providers and mobile operators to log internet connection records (ICRs) for up to 12 months.*banned in Russia as an extremist organization

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