Wiretapping Law Sparks Rage In Sweden

castrox writes "This Wednesday at 9am the Swedish Parliament is voting on a new wiretapping law which would enable the civil agency (FRA — Defense Radio Agency) to snoop on all traffic crossing the Swedish border. E-mail, fax, telephone, web, SMS, etc. 24/7 without any requirement to obtain a court order. Furthermore, by law, the sitting Government will be able to instruct the wiretapping agency on what to look for. It also nullifies anonymity for press tipsters and whistleblowers. Many agencies within Sweden have weighed in on this, with very hefty criticism, e.g. SÄPO (akin to FBI in the US), the Justice Department, ex-employees of FRA, and more. Nonetheless, the ruling party block is supposedly pressuring its members to vote 'yes' to this new proposed law with threats to unseat any dissidents. After massive activity on blogs by ordinary citizens, and street protests, the story has finally been picked up by major Swedish news sources. The result will likely be huge street protests on Wednesday. People have been completely surprised since this law has not gotten any media uptake until very late in the game."

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Where's the outrage in the rest of the free wor

[sumdumass]

Sure. Well, that is if you or we are actually correct about our rights or the infringement on them.

I'm not going to argue about the events of the NSA wiretaps but it is entirely possible that we at some point in time think we have a right that society hasn't granted us or that we could incorrectly assess an infringement on them (an act doesn't actually infringe but leaves the impression to some of it infringing).

So I guess it all boils down to who is actually right or wrong for whatever reason.

Re:Where's the outrage in the rest of the free wor

[Dishevel]

Seriously, where has the outrage been in the US? Did not George Orwell warn us? The number of Constitutional rights we've lost under the current administration is truly stunning and if we do not stand up and resist, this sort of thing will continue to spread throughout the world as it has in the UK, Japan, the US and many other European countries. Under the current administration? Another Democrat Liberal Pussy. We have been losing rights in the US since they started puting a tax stamp on Machine Guns. The fact that you can only see it when it comes from George Bush tells me alot about you.