Rejected petition Do not pass the Investigatory Powers Bill

We must protect our right to freedom of speech, expression, and privacy as granted to us by the United Nations. This bill is vaguely worded, overreaching, and will put more lives in danger than it saves.

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Compelling evidence as to the efficacy of the mass surveillance was presented to Joint Committee on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill by US intelligence officer turned whistleblower, William Binney, in light of the US experience. Aside from the obvious intrusion into the private lives of citizens, he warned MPs that increasing the mass surveillance powers of intelligence agencies ‘costs lives, and has cost lives in Britain because it inundates analysts with too much data.’

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173199

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Date submitted 11 November 2016
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