Queen Elizabeth II has laid out UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s new plans for legislation, the Investigatory Powers Bill, which would allow authorities to more closely monitor terrorist activity, iTnews reports. Authorities say the bill would provide “the tools to keep you and your family safe,” BBC News reports, while civil liberties advocates fear it will lead to mass surveillance. Rory Cellan-Jones opines that the real opposition to increased access to communication data will come from the tech giants increasingly using encryption to keep data from spying eyes. Meanwhile, The National reports Scotland’s justice secretary wants to alleviate fears over police use of facial-recognition technology, and The Guardian reports on plans in the UK for ID-checks for adult websites.
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