Govt mass surveillance violated human rights, European Court rules
A mass surveillance programme by the UK government violated human rights, the European Court has ruled.
In a landmark case brought by charities including Amnesty and human rights group Big Brother Watch, the top court ruled that the "bulk interception regime" breached rights to privacy (Article 8).
It comes after US whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed British surveillance and intelligence-sharing practices.
Also at Ars Technica.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday September 14 2018, @10:12PM (2 children)
Except . . . Muslim isn't a race.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @03:48AM (1 child)
I'm pretty sure that the only people who feel they have to say that "Muslim isn't a race" are racist themselves.
Being Muslim is a reasonable proxy for being non-white.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday September 15 2018, @05:11AM
I'm not sure about "reasonable", given than there's probably far more non-white Christians than... pretty much any other combination (including white Christians)
But never let it be said that facts stood in the way of a vehement racist rant.