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Britain's mass web-spying faulted by European rights court

By Staff Writer

Sep 14 2018 6:54AM

Programme violated privacy and free speech.

Britain's mass web-spying faulted by European rights court

Human rights groups and journalists scored a victory against the British government's mass electronic surveillance system on Thursday after Europe's top rights court ruled that the so-called "Big Brother" programme violated privacy and free speech. The European Court of Human Rights, based in ...

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