UK INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT

London, UK

December 5, 2016

This is an object lesson about the challenges of balancing security and privacy. The existential threats are recognized. Here is how the United Kingdom reacted.

BBC

The Telegraph

The Guardian

 

The European Union deemed it illegal.

European Union Reaction BBC

What will we choose?

January 28, 2017

Today Google, Twitter and Yahoo announced that a gag order from the FBI expired.

Twitter - noted for fake news and foreign influence in the 2016 elections

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/twitter-says-fbi-forced-share-082538641.html

Google - noted for being an innovative, forward looking company

https://blog.google/topics/public-policy/sharing-national-security-letters-public/

Yahoo - noted for the biggest security breaches known of 1.5 billion compromised client accounts. That is about one fifth of the global population.

https://yahoopolicy.tumblr.com/post/145258843473/yahoo-announces-public-disclosure-of-national