http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22891845
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Senior politicians from across the political divide have united to call for UK security services to be given greater internet monitoring powers.
Speculation is mounting in Westminster that to avoid complicated votes in parliament, measures will be brought forward by Home Secretary Theresa May that are not presented in a formal bill, but instead use other means of achieving the same ends.
The Communications Data Bill would have given police and security services access, without a warrant, to details of all online communication in the UK - such as the time, duration, originator and recipient, and the location of the device from which it was made.
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What's the point of fighting it? Whoever we vote in will implement it and if the Government can't pass it in Parliament they'll find other ways to do it.
All our web activity, phone calls, e-mails and social media contacts available to the police and security services without a warrant. Unbelievable that this will be allowed to happen. Even the Prism stuff limited it to the NSA.