UK: "Snoopers' Charter" plans vetoed

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UK: Nick Clegg kills off Tory hopes of swift deal on revised 'snooper's charter' (Guardian, link)

"Nick Clegg has vetoed Theresa May's rewritten "web snooper's charter" plan, killing off the home secretary's last remaining hopes of getting any communications data legislation in the Queen's speech. The Liberal Democrat leader told David Cameron and Theresa May on Wednesday that he could not support the home secretary's latest proposals to monitor internet and social media use because they were unworkable and disproportionate."

See also: The "Snoopers' Charter" is dead... (Privacy International, link)

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