The Investigatory Powers Bill (otherwise known as the Snoopers’ Charter) is finally here and there’s absolutely nothing we can do about. Within its pages contain some of the most drastic surveillance ...

The UK government is implementing sweeping digital control measures with the Snoopers Charter and Online Safety Act. These ...

A proposed overhaul to the UK's secrecy laws that seeks to jail journalists and whistle-blowers who leak sensitive government information has been overwhelmed with public consultation submissions from ...

Rights groups are celebrating after winning a “landmark” legal case against the UK government over its controversial Investigatory Powers Bill. The 2016 law, also known as the Snoopers’ Charter, ...

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Act, aka the “snooper’s charter,” is illegal. The EU objects to the government’s “general and indiscriminate” ...

Yesterday, prime minister David Cameron declared that encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and Snapchat could be banned unless they provide the government with backdoor access to user data.

The U.K. government is proposing changes to the Investigatory Powers Act⁠—often referred to as the snoopers' charter⁠—extending the reach of the intelligence services. The King's Speech Tuesday—which ...

The Snooper’s Charter has cleared parliament, but there might still be a way to stop the government collecting all our internet histories. Having aggressively marketed its privacy credentials for the ...

FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)( LONDON (AP) — Apple is fighting a British government order for the iPhone ...

Google, Facebook and Twitter are set to torpedo Home Office plans to spy on every citizen's emails and website visits. The internet giants have threatened to block the so-called 'snoopers' charter', ...

Almost lost in the turmoil over Brexit and the fraught negotiations for the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union, the British Parliament several weeks ago passed the most sweeping ...