02.02.2015 - 11:33 [ Gigaom ]

British securocrats try to sneak in Snooper’s Charter yet again

Earlier this month, four U.K. lords tried to sneak the text of a rejected piece of legislation popularly known as the Snooper’s Charter into a new anti-terror bill. After debate in the House of Lords produced heavy pushback, the peers withdrew the amendments that would have brought the surveillance law in by the back door.

And now, incredibly, they’re trying it again just days later.