Wiretapping Law Sparks Rage In Sweden 344
castrox writes "This Wednesday at 9am the Swedish Parliament is voting on a new wiretapping law which would enable the civil agency (FRA — Defense Radio Agency) to snoop on all traffic crossing the Swedish border. E-mail, fax, telephone, web, SMS, etc. 24/7 without any requirement to obtain a court order. Furthermore, by law, the sitting Government will be able to instruct the wiretapping agency on what to look for. It also nullifies anonymity for press tipsters and whistleblowers. Many agencies within Sweden have weighed in on this, with very hefty criticism, e.g. SÄPO (akin to FBI in the US), the Justice Department, ex-employees of FRA, and more. Nonetheless, the ruling party block is supposedly pressuring its members to vote 'yes' to this new proposed law with threats to unseat any dissidents. After massive activity on blogs by ordinary citizens, and street protests, the story has finally been picked up by major Swedish news sources. The result will likely be huge street protests on Wednesday. People have been completely surprised since this law has not gotten any media uptake until very late in the game."
Re:Where's the outrage in the rest of the free wor (Score:5, Funny)
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What Europe needs is another fascist. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Where's the outrage in the rest of the free wor (Score:5, Funny)
What sort of meat comes with the greens?
Re:What Europe needs is another fascist. (Score:3, Funny)
I know of two men who will be available for such a position on January 20th, 2009. Their resume in this subject area is quite impressive. That is if you are not selective about grammar by one of them.
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Re:This is not an isolated incident (Score:3, Funny)
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