Online spy laws in UK to update
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Britain鈥檚 government gave the first details yesterday of contested plans to update Internet spying laws to keep pace with the digital age.
The proposed law comes as intelligence agencies and police grapple with monitoring terrorist activity online amid a debate sparked by Edward Snowden over government access to personal data online.
Home Secretary Theresa May told the BBC that the new measures would not ban encryption and 鈥渨ill not be giving powers to go through people鈥檚 browsing history鈥.
However, the authorities will still be able to access Internet and social media activity if they get a special warrant.
Such warrants are currently issued by May but this authority could be handed to judges under the new measures.
Technology companies will reportedly have to keep records of e-mails and people鈥檚 use of social media sites like WhatsApp and Facebook for 12 months and authorities will be able to access this with a second warrant.
The disclosures came ahead of Wednesday鈥檚 release of the draft Investigatory Powers Bill.
It will be scrutinized by a committee of lawmakers, allowing changes to be made before it is formally debated by parliament.
Britain鈥檚 intelligence chiefs have issued several warnings in recent months about the dangers posed by terrorist organizations recruiting and planning attacks online.
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