Interception and Surveillance

Service	Description
Skyped out in China	Recent report reveals the scale of Chinese police surveillance of Skype and Tom-Skype text chats.
Snoopers' charter: report on "Scrambling for Safety", 19 April 2012	"What does the UK Home Office think they want to do, and why do they think they want to do it?" The question was a recurring theme at Scrambling for Safety 2012, a conference to discuss the mooted new powers for the "Surveillance State", swiftly arranged in the wake of April's media furore.
Terrorism Bill debated in House of Lords.	The debate covered some issues affecting ISPs, and ISPA and LINX continue to push forward with their outstanding concerns.
U.S. Wins Dubious 'Big Brother' Award	Privacy International named a U.S. program to fingerprint foreign visitors as the year’s most menacing project, which has been undertaken “with little or no debate or scrutiny.”
UK denies involvement in Indymedia servers seizure.	A written Home Office response says no Commons statement is necessary.
UK ID Card Bill Dies.	The national ID card bill will not make it through the House of Lords before the election on 5 May.
Ukraine: online registration of websites.	Reporters Without Borders expressed concern at a new decree governing registration of websites, put forward by the Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Communication.