Thursday, June 19, 2008

Security: Sweden adopts "1984" communications monitoring law

Sweden's Parliament has approved a new law giving authorities wide-ranging powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the country's borders.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Parliament Wednesday, some handing out copies of George Orwell's novel "1984," about a fictional futuristic police state.

The companies Swedish telecom TeliaSonera AB and Google Inc. have called the measure the most far-reaching eavesdropping plan in Europe, comparable to a U.S. government program.
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