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UK Government Wins Villain of the Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-expect-you-to-die-mr.-bond dept.

Anonymous Cowpat writes "The BBC is reporting that the UK Government, or rather their six month presidency of the EU, has been awarded the Internet Villain of the Year award by the Internet Service Providers Association for being the driving force behind the new EU data retention laws. These require that ISPs and other telecomms providers keep records of the time\date & recipient of every communication made by their subscribers."

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  1. We dont win much,so I will claim this.... by Don_dumb · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're number one, we're number one, we're number one

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    If this were really happening, what would you think?
  2. Retaining Logs - Pah by LazySlacker · · Score: 5, Insightful
    thats the least of it.
    • id cards
    • extradition for crimes commited on our soil
    • extradition with out reciprocal agreements
    • Gitmo, an 'Anomaly'
    • an attempt at almost indefinate detention without trial
    • security services (or anyone) not allowed to link recent attacks here to a certain invasion

    It would appear that if you want to get legislation past PM Blair - just add a terorist threat - or say your name is Bush (guess who with have the extradition agreement with with).
    I'm not even starting to list domestic issues (well I guess id card is domestic) and will completely skip Iraq itself.
  3. Re:Who's to blame for all this? by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    Muslim extremists.

    Strange, I thought most members of the House of Commons and House of Lords weren't Muslim.

    Good thing I'm a Jedi, then. Like most brits.

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  4. On behalf of the Minister of Intimidation by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to accept this award most humbly.

    Some have said "You can fool some of the people all of the time."

    Luckily for us, it turns out all you have to do is just go up to a queue of people, put on a stern face, say "Terrorist", and they'll all happily give away all the rights that people died to gain in just a quick nip of time.

    Now, on behalf of us and our ally Oceania, I'd like to thank you all, and ask you please show your papers and salute with stiff arms as we play our national anthem, "Brittania, Brittania, Uber Alles!"

    Thank you.

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