UK government about to start monitoring personal data on social network sites

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

That is only true if the state is trusted to provide both.

The government is also considering proposals to store all communications data on a single database, which may be run by a private company.

Yes and the fact that the UK government has lost its data more times than I could count doesn't really help. Also don't forget they mentioned the data would be stored on private servers and not on government one's.

I dislike social networking sites and I believe they bring nothing good, yet I am against such blatant attacks on personal liberties.