Child exploitation chief to defend net snooping plans

Date: 
1 July 2009
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No minister will show tomorrow to face legal, ethical and technical questions from MPs and peers on government plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet.

The new All Party Parliamentary Group on Privacy will hold its first hearing on Wednesday on the Interception Modernisation Programme, a multi-billion-pound plan to store details of every VoIP call, email, web browsing session and more.

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