The UK Open Rights Group has just published “Why the Snoopers’ Charter is the wrong approach: A call for targeted and accountable investigatory powers,” a digital paper on why and how governments go terribly wrong with Internet surveillance proposals, and what a reasonable and accountable form of surveillance would look like. Jim Killock from ORG sez,
After the Snoopers’ Charter debacle, the Open Rights Group asks why intrusive new laws are being suggested, if they are needed at all and what the alternatives are. Some of the UK’s most prominent surveillance experts examine the history of UK surveillance law and the challenges posed by the explosion of digital datasets. Contributors include journalist Duncan Campbell, legal expert Angela Patrick from Justice, Richard Clayton of Cambridge University Computer Labs and Peter Sommer, Visiting Professor at De Montfort University.
(Thanks, Jim!)
(Disclaimer: I am proud to have co-founded the Open Rights Group, and to volunteer on its advisory council)