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Why We Are Hurtling Towards Lawlessness, Courtesy of HMG and The Press

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the last 24 hours I have read, reread and reread again this article in the Daily Fail; The first thing (but not the most serious by any means) was the bold assertion that the Police had ‘hacked’ the phones of journalists. We all know what is meant by ‘hacking phones’ thanks to various assorted

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The Truth Has A Habit Of Emerging When Least Convenient

Reading Time: 3 minutes I was sitting in Angry Towers this morning mulling over recent events and it occurred to me that one of the biggest problems we have at the moment is TRUTH. I most certainly don’t have a problem with truth at all, in fact I frequently urge that the truth be told, as in the ongoing

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RIPA and how the Police Service makes sure it’s silent

Reading Time: 11 minutes You will no doubt be familiar by now with my blogs on the subject of RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) and my attempts to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain some kind of insight into how Police Forces may be using RIPA to monitor their officers’ use of social media (SM). 

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Big Brother is watching you…. and so are his corporate partners

Reading Time: < 1 minute More thoughts on RIPA, Internet Surveillance and State Monitoring of Social Media #TheRestIsSilence The Internet is a surveillance device as defined by RIPA section 48(1). Surveillance is covert “if, and only if, it is conducted in a manner that is calculated to ensure that persons who are subject to the surveillance are unaware that it

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Social Media, the Police and RIPA – #TheRestIsSilence

Reading Time: 12 minutes This subject is currently a hot potato, a VERY hot potato. There has been much conjecture, anecdotal evidence, fact and fiction spread around Twitter in recent months about Police use of Social Media and the real or potential repercussions of it.  Now we have one of own, Constable James Patrick of the Metropolitan Police Service

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