There’s still time to stop the surveillance society | Gus Hosein

The article discusses how the UK government’s intelligence agencies have been unlawfully collecting vast amounts of personal data from people for over a decade. It highlights the investigatory powers bill (or “snooper’s charter”), which is currently being debated, and its potential to enshrine far-reaching surveillance powers in law. The author expresses concern that the complexity of the bill may lead to another 17 years of creative interpretation of the rules by the government, thus repeating the cycle of unlawfulness and lack of transparency in personal data collection.