UK ‘Communications Data Bill’ Raises Civil Liberties Concerns

The United Kingdom is considering an ominous proposal to create a massive government database of emails, text messages, and VoIP calls, in the name of “security” against crime and terrorism. British telecom operators are already required to keep phone and SMS records for 12 months as part of the EU’s anti-terrorism directive, but this latest proposal by the UK Home Office takes things a big step further. Telecom and internet service providers will be forced to hand over records of their custom