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. Further more, by law, the sitting Government will be able
to instruct the wiretapping agency on what to look for. It also
nullifies press tip or whisle blowing anonymity.
Many heavy agencies within Sweden have weighed in on this, with very
hefty critic, e.g. SÄPO (akin to FBI in the U.S.), the
Justice Department, ex. employees of FRA, and more. None the less, the
ruling party block is supposedly pressuring its members to vote Yes to this new
proposed law with threats to unseat any dissidents.
The new proposed law has given rise to a MASSIVE people uprise which
will likely result in huge street protests on Wednesday. People have
been completely surprised since this law has not gotten any media uptake
and for the most part been kept in the shadows.
After massive activity on blogs by ordinary citizens and street protests
the story has finally been picked up by major Swedish news sources.
There is more information on the Swedish (in English) newspaper,
The Local. Specifically, see here, here and here."
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