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Digital rights in 2016

2016 has been a year to remember or possibly one to forget! Political upheaval and celebrity deaths aside, what did 2016 mean for digital rights? It was the year when....

EU Court slams UK data retention surveillance regime

Here’s our quick overview of what the CJEU has told the UK and Sweden they must do to fix requirements for data retention.

Parliament must change the Investigatory Powers Act in response to CJEU ruling

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a judgment that could force the Government to change the Investigatory Powers Act – just weeks after the surveillance law received royal assent.

Is the government misleading the Lords about blocking Twitter?

Last week we reported that the UK government expect the BBFC to ask social media providers, such as Twitter, to block the use of their service by accounts that are associated with porn sites that fail to verify the age of their users.

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