Ministers press ahead with controversial internet tap plan

The cabinet is pressing ahead with controversial legislation to give the security service much wider powers to tap phones and internet traffic, despite opposition from the Council of State. The Council of State, which is the government’s most senior advisory body, said that the legislation should not be submitted to parliament in its present form. Currently the security services are only allowed to tap into satellite communications and specific internet connections and ministers argue that they must have wider access to internet traffic to monitor terrorists more effectively.
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