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Privacy at risk as Snoopers Charter is resurrected

Privacy at risk as Snoopers Charter is resurrected

The Snoopers Charter has been resurrected into British law, after plans to update communications data legislation were introduced in the Queen’s Speech on May 27th. Although the full details unveiled in the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill have yet to be revealed, it has been announced that the government plans to extend the scope of the bill beyond the previous version[Read More…]

Skype summon to court over refusal to distribute data

Skype summon to court over refusal to distribute data

Skype has been summoned to appear in court over its refusal to share customer data in relation to a criminal investigation, it has been reported. The summons was issued after the firm declined to help Belgian authorities and refused to provide details of messages and calls between two suspects. The reasons given by the Microsoft Owned firm was that it[Read More…]

LAPD police filmed fist bumping each other after beating a handcuffed nurse

LAPD police filmed fist bumping each other after beating a handcuffed nurse

Police in LAPD were filmed laughing and fist bumping each other after brutally beating a handcuffed nurse, it has been reported. Several Los Angeles police officers are under investigation after the incident was captured on camera. The video shows the officers pushing her into a squad car, then giving congratulatory fist bumps to each other. Michelle Jordan, a 34-year-old mother[Read More…]

Police beat unconscious man before encouraging their dog to maul him, witnesses claim

Police beat unconscious man before encouraging their dog to maul him, witnesses claim

Philadelphia police repeatedly punched and stomped on a handcuffed and unconscious man and then allowed a police dog to maul his face, witnesses have reported. Phillip White, of Cumberland County NJ, was arrested at a home in Grape Street when witnesses say the officers proceeded to beat him brutally after he was already restrained and on the ground. After this[Read More…]

New law shuts down protest in Australia

New law shuts down protest in Australia

New laws in Australia have given police sweeping new powers to arrest protesters in the country, it has been revealed. The law was passed the upper house of the Victorian parliament. Essentially it means that if the police think someone may be about to cause trouble or turn violent, they will have the power to arrest demonstrators. Previously, police had[Read More…]