The UK government has "quietly" changed a law to exempt “intelligence agencies from prosecution for hacking computers, phones and networks,” ZDNet reports, noting Privacy International has indicated “it was told ‘hours’ prior to a hearing of its claims against GCHQ, the UK's electronic spy agency, that the UK government had rewritten the Computer Misuse Act to permit its intelligence agencies to conduct cyberattacks.” Meanwhile, PBS reports on the recent passage of France’s surveillance law by the lower house of Parliament. Separately, the Media Policy Project Blog reports on the passenger name record proposal that followed the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and openDemocracy offers a Q&A with Jacob Mchangama on curtailing mass surveillance.
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