Communications Data Bill/Media
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Media coverage of the bill as announced 9 May 2012.
2014
Media
- 2014-10-06 National Crime Agency director general: UK snooping powers are too weak
- Author: Vikram Dodd, Guardian
- 2014-10-05 Julian Huppert warns Labour likely to bring in snooper’s charter
- Author: Rowena Mason, Guardian
- 2014-10-02 Clegg accuses May of ‘false and outrageous’ slurs over snooper’s charter
- Author: Rowena Mason, Guardian
- 2014-09-30 Theresa May: British values will prevail over extremists
- Author: BBC News
- Summary: announcement that Conservatives aim to reintroduce the bill in a future parliament.
- 2014-01-30 David Cameron wants fresh push on communications data
- Author': Alex Hunt, BBC News
2013
Media
- 2013-09-15 Gloucestershire PCC revives 'snoopers charter' bill debate
- Author: BBC News
- Summary: "Independent Martin Surl has written to Home Secretary Theresa May on behalf of 21 PCCs declaring their support for the Communications Data Bill." (further details Police Professional)
- 2013-07-11 Government told to revive "snooper’s charter"
- Author: Shona Ghosh, PC Pro
- Summary: covers Intelligence and Security Committee report
- 2013-06-27 Snooper's charter has practically zero chance of becoming law, say senior MPs
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-06-25 Snooper’s Charter could resurface after 2014 Budget
- Author: Isabel Hardman, The Spectator
- 2013-06-25 The Stephen Lawrence 'smear' proves that we cannot trust the state to snoop
- Author: Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Telegraph
- 2013-06-20 The Snooper’s charter threatens Britain’s burgeoning technology boom
- Author: Nick de Bois MP, The Spectator
- 2013-06-14 Nick Clegg rejects grandees' criticism over data plan
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-06-14 Bring back snoopers’ charter, say grandees (£)
- Author: Roland Watson, Times
- 2013-06-14 Former home secretaries urge Clegg to drop snooper's charter opposition
- Author: Sam Jones, Guardian
- 2013-06-13 Senior politicians unite to issue call for data bill
- Author: Allegra Stratton, BBC
- 2013-06-11 Leaked: Law chief’s warning to Clegg
- Author: Tom Newton Dunn, Sun
- 2013-06-10 Home Office presses ahead with 'snooper's charter'
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-06-09 EU law used to revive snoopers’ charter (£)
- Author: Isabel Oakeshott, David Leppard and Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Sunday Times
- 2013-06-03 Even a limited snooping bill is causing the Home Office trouble
- Author: Isabel Hardman, Spectator
- 2013-06-03 Lord West accuses Nick Clegg of 'political point scoring' over Comms bill
- Author: BBC News
- Summary: Note: Lord West refers to a version of the bill that has incorporated all recommendations of the Joint Committee. This is not a bill that has been revealed to the public.
- 2013-05-31 The Communications Data Bill Won't Prevent Future Terrorism
- Author: Hussein Kesvani, Huffington Post
- 2013-05-31 MI5 failures over Woolwich probably 'misjudgement' not lack of snoopers charter, says Sir Chris Fox
- Author: Rowena Mason, Telegraph
- 2013-05-31 Internet companies warn May over 'snooper's charter'
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-05-31 Internet companies warn Theresa May over 'snooper's charter'
- Author: Rowena Mason, Telegraph
- 2013-05-30 We can’t fight crime and terrorism while wearing a blindfold
- Author: John Yates, Telegraph (opinion)
- 2013-05-29 Snooper's charter 'should be replaced by strengthening of existing powers'
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-05-29 Forget coalition: forcing a Snooper’s Charter would be poor politics overall
- Author: Isabel Hardman, Spectator
- 2013-05-29 Lib Dems give mansion tax threat over terror Bill (£)
- Author: Michael Savage and Fiona Hamilton, Times
- 2013-05-29 Exclusive: 'Snooper’s charter’ would not have prevented Woolwich attack, says MI5
- Author: Oliver Wright, Independent
- 2013-05-29 Who are terrorists talking to? We must know
- Author: Nick Herbert MP, Times (£) (opinion)
- 2013-05-26 Theresa May lines up new measures to combat terrorism
- Author: Patrick Wintour, Guardian
- 2013-05-26 Mass surveillance wouldn't have saved the life of Drummer Rigby
- Author: Henry Porter, Observer (opinion)
- 2013-05-26 Snooper’s Charter battle returns, and it’s going to be even messier than before
- Author: Isabel Hardman, Spectator
- 2013-05-26 Failure to pass the snooper's charter would be a "resignation issue"
- Author: Alex Hern, New Statesman
- 2013-05-26 Tory-Labour pact could save data bill, says Lord Howard
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-05-24 Snooper's charter 'would not have stopped Woolwich attack
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-05-24 Woolwich beheading sparks call to REVIVE UK Snoopers' Charter
- Author: Jasper Hamill, Register
- 2013-05-24 Woolwich: Boris Johnson finds Data Bill 'compelling'
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-05-23 Woolwich: Powers to monitor internet use back on agenda
- Author: Nigel Morris, Independent
- 2013-05-23 Lib Dem opposition to communications data bill 'putting country at risk'
- Author: Patrick Wintour, Guardian
- 2013-05-23 Woolwich attack: why David Cameron is right to reject knee-jerk responses
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-05-09 Snoopers' charter rests in shallow grave - likely to rise again
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, Register
- 2013-05-08 Snoopers’ Charter limps back into the Queen’s Speech
- Author: Dave Neal, Inquirer
- 2013-05-08 Queen's speech revives 'snooper's charter' legislation
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-05-08 Queen's Speech: 'Problem of matching IP addresses' to be probed
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, Register
- 2013-05-08 Queen’s Speech: Battle Brewing Over Access To Crooks’ IP Addresses
- Author: Tom Brewster, Techweek Europe
- 2013-05-08 'Fresh proposals' planned over cyber-monitoring
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-05-07 Nick Clegg 'irresponsible' in blocking data monitoring plan
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-05-07 Why was Labour so quiet on the “Snoopers’ Charter”?
- Author: Ed Paton-Williams (Open Rights Group), LabourList (opinion)
- 2013-05-04 Who’s afraid of a snooper’s charter? Ask Google
- Author: Matthew Parris, Spectator
- 2013-05-02 Queen's speech to contain legislation on pensions, social care and benefits
- Author: Patrick Wintour, Guardian
- Summary: "The speech will not contain the full communications data bill ... but may include small-scale legislation on linking mobile phone numbers to internet service provider sites." (We believe this refers to full "NAT PAT" logging by mobile internet providers, which may not require primary legislation.)
- 2013-05-01 Zombie Problem: Stop Dancing On The Grave
- Author: Simon Phipps, Computerworld UK
- 2013-04-30 UK surveillance law: a warning, and a call for a different future
- Author: Various, Open Democracy
- Summary: content from ORG Digital Surveilllance report
- 2013-04-30 Open Rights Group calls for 'targeted and accountable' Snoopers' Charter alternative
- Author: Ian Steadman, Wired UK
- 2013-04-30 The "snooper's charter" showed just what the Government is capable of
- Author: Dr Richard Clayton, New Statesman (opinion)
- Summary: extract from ORG Digital Surveilllance report
- 2013-04-28 It’s not a snoopers’ charter, it’s a life-saver
- Author: Alex Carlile, Telegraph (opinion)
- 2013-04-27 Lib Dem peer challenges Clegg on 'snooper's charter' ban
- Author: David Barrett, Telegraph
- 2013-04-26 Nick Clegg veto may not spell end for Snooper's Charter
- Author: Caroline Donnelly, IT Pro
- 2013-04-26 The Communications Data Bill Will Be Back
- Author: Jamie Bartlett (Demos), Huffington Post UK
- 2013-04-25 UK 'Snooper's Charter' Torn Up; Now What?
- Author: Glyn Moody, Techdirt
- 2013-04-25 Nick Clegg: The 'snoopers' charter' cannot go ahead
- Author: Nick Clegg, Telegraph (guest)
- 2013-04-25 Clegg has shown civil liberties are safe with the Lib Dems in government
- Author: Richard Morris, New Statesman
- 2015-04-25 Nick Clegg takes on Tories over snoopers' charter and scorns efforts to deport Abu Qatada
- Author: Nicholas Cecil, Evening Standard
- 2013-04-25 Snooper's charter plan to spy on all emails, web visits and texts is 'not going to happen', Nick Clegg vows
- Author: Matt Chorley, Mail
- 2013-04-25 The snooper's charter has reminded Nick Clegg, finally, he is a liberal
- Author: Nick Thornsby, The Guardian (opinion)
- 2013-04-25 The only thing that remains of the Snooper’s Charter is unlikely to need legislation
- Author: Isabel Hardman, The Spectator
- 2013-04-25 Nick Clegg ‘Kills Off Snooper’s Charter’
- Author: Tom Brewster, Techweek Europe
- 2013-04-25 Blow to Theresa May as Clegg vetoes her ‘snooper’s charter (£)
- Author: Laura Pitel, The Times
- 2013-04-25 Snooper's charter: Nick Clegg dashes Tory hopes of swift agreement on bill
- Author: Haroon Siddique, The Guardian
- 2013-04-25 Snoopers' Charter Won't Happen - Clegg
- Author: Sky News
- 2013-04-25 Nick Clegg: No 'web snooping' bill while Lib Dems in government
- Author: BBC News
- 2013-04-25 Nick Clegg: Snooper's Charter 'isn't going to happen'
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- 2013-04-25 Comment: The dangerous incompetence of the communications data bill
- Author: Emma Carr (Big Brother Watch), politics.co.uk (opinion)
- 2013-04-25 Snooper’s Charter Civil Servants Step Aside
- Author: Guido Fawkes' blog
- 2013-04-23 Cybersecurity academics: UK 'web snooping' bill is naive and dangerous
- Author: Liat Clark, Wired UK
- 2013-04-23 Snoopers' Charter: a threat to journalists that must be stopped
- Author: NUJ
- 2013-04-23 Home Office fears Clegg will veto 'snooper's charter'
- Author: Alan Travis and Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
- 2013-04-23 Give up now. You’ll never tame the internet (£)
- Author: Hugo Rifkind, The Times (opinion)
- Summary: "With the (CDB), Theresa May's flagship policy for dealing with the internet, a U-turn would probably be a very good idea"
- 2013-04-23 We’re under atax
- Author: Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun
- Summary: covers communications data requests made by HMRC
- 2013-04-23 Privacy crusaders: ISPs in 'conspiracy of silence' over Snoop Charter
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- Summary: covers the open letter sent by ORG and others
- 2013-04-23 Freedom groups press ISPs on snoopers’ charter
- Author: Dave Neal, The Inquirer
- Summary: covers the open letter sent by ORG and others
- 2013-04-22 Privacy groups attack ISPs over support for 'Snoopers' Charter'
- Author: Matthew Finnegan, Computerworld UK
- Summary: covers the open letter sent by ORG and others
- 2013-04-22 Data Communications Bill: the Home Office is trying to trap Britain in the past
- Author: Sara Kelly (Coadec), The Telegraph
- 2013-04-22 ICO probes Home Office refusal to reveal Snooper's Charter details
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- 2013-04-22 ISPs ‘In Conspiracy Of Silence With Government On Snooper’s Charter’
- Author: Tom Brewster, Techweek Europe
- 2013-04-22 Cameron is told to drop snooping on web users (£)
- Author: Michael Savage, The Times
- 2013-04-20 Home Office faces legal action unless it reveals details of Snooper's charter
- Author: Robert Watts, Telegraph
- 2013-04-20 Police forces spying on our phone calls and emails 250,000 times a year
- Author: Christopher Hope, Telegraph
- 2013-04-19 Lib Dem activists are prepared for war over the snoopers' charter
- Author: Richard Morris, New Statesman
- 2013-04-19 What right does the state have to snoop on the lives of others?
- Author: Graeme Archer, Telegraph
- 2013-04-19 The scattergun Snooping Bill won’t help tackle crime, or protect people
- Author: Nick de Bois, The Spectator
- 2013-04-19 Govt keeps Snooping Bill campaigners in the dark
- Author: Isabel Hardman, The Spectator
- 2013-04-19 Snoopers' laws could be used to 'oppress us', says David Cameron technology adviser
- Author: Rowena Mason, Telegraph
- 2013-04-18 Met police deny snooping as surveillance of phones rises
- Author: Standard
- 2013-04-15 The Communications Data Bill will strangle new businesses
- Author: Sara Kelly (Coadec), The Telegraph
- 2013-04-13 Town halls join rush to use the snoopers’ charter
- Author: Robert Watts, Telegraph
- 2013-04-12 Snooper’s charter faces rocky road
- Author: Isabel Hardman, The Spectator
- 2013-03-14 UK government still wants Snooper's Charter 'at earliest possible opportunity'
- Author: Ian Steadman, Wired UK
- 2013-02-15 Second draft of £1.8bn Communications Data Bill is delayed until end of March
- Author: Sooraj Shah, Computing
- 2013-02-07 CDB: Not Dead Yet
- Author: Simon Phipps, Computerworld UK
- 2013-02-06 UK government plans to track ALL web use: MI5 to install 'black box' spy devices to monitor British internet traffic
- Author: Damien Gayle, Daily Mail
- 2013-02-06 Communication providers recognise that they do not provide enough data to intelligence agencies, says Committee
- Author: Out-Law
- 2013-02-06 Comms Bill could see deep-packet inspection 'probes' installed on UK web
- Author: Ian Steadman, Wired UK
- 2013-02-06 Snooping bill needs more work, say MPs
- Author: Warwick Ashford, ComputerWeekly UK
- 2013-02-06 Communications Data Bill Needs More Work, Says Report and MPs
- Author: Infosecurity Magazine
- 2013-02-06 UK web snoop charter: Just how much extra info do spooks need?
- Author: Kelly Fiveash, Register
- 2013-02-05 MI5 chief: internet means terrorists could be slipping through the net
- Author: Tom Whitehead, Telegraph
- 2013-02-05 Snooper's charter rests on 'pretty heroic assumptions', MI5 boss told MPs
- Author: Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2013-02-05 Councils urge Home Office rethink over bar on access to communications data
- Author: LocalGovernmentLawyer
- 2013-02-01 The snoopers' charter costs £400million before a single piece of data has been collected
- Author: Jack Doyle, Daily Mail
- 2013-01-30 Where Now for the Draft Communications Data Bill?
- Author: Jamie Bartlett, Huffington Post UK
- 2013-01-29 Berners-Lee says snoop law could see spies blackmail soldiers
- Author: Simon Sharwood, The Register
2012
Media
- 2012-12-28 £1.8bn 'snooper's charter' fails to get Treasury backing
- Author Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2012-12-27 Grow up and back police access to online data, Lib Dem peer tells party leadership
- Author Michael Savage, The Times
- 2012-12-11 The data bill debate must move beyond terrorists and Orwell
- Author Jamie Bartlett, Head of Violence and Extremism Programme and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos
- Summary "The Communications Data Bill is too broad, greater oversight is needed and the Bill should be redrafted. He thinks though that opponents of the current Bill are alarmist and wrong to say it would bring in mass internet surveillance similar to Iran or China."
- 2012-12-11 The Government's snooping plans will turn us into a nation of suspects
- Author Mic Wright, Telegraph Chief Tech Blogger
- Summary "RIPA was set up to combat terrorism and paedophiles but ended up being overused. It's important that investigators can access email and communications of suspected criminals but that's not what the Communications Data Bill intends to do."
- 2012-12-11 Snoopers' bill needs 'work done' to ease privacy concerns, minister says
- Author Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent
- Summary "Security Minister says there's work to be done on the Bill and it'll be redrafted."
- 2012-12-11 Spies need snooping powers to protect public from terrorists, committee warns
- Author Tom Whitehead, Telegraph
- Summary "The Intelligence and Security Committee says they need powers to monitor every email, phone call and web visit."
- 2012-12-11 Intrusive, expensive, ineffective and not needed: this Government Bill cannot proceed
- Author Julian Huppert
- Summary "The Home Office should have consulted with internet companies. The Communications Data Bill is too expensive. The Home Office has failed and must start from scratch and talk to experts and civil liberties groups."
- 2012-12-11 Not fit for purpose: why this Bill is unworkable, ill-considered, and an affront to our privacy
- Author Nick Brown
- Summary "The Communications Data Bill threatens privacy, is wasteful and will only catch incompetent criminals."
- 2012-12-11 Snooper's Charter: The internet can’t keep our secrets. And neither can the Government
- Author Christina Patterson
- 2012-12-11 Data overload: UK should ditch communications bill and start again
- Author Editorial, Financial Times
- Summary "Work has begun to adapt the bill to take into account the recommendations of the two committees. This is not sufficient. The proposals should be ditched and a new attempt made at finding a suitable balance to meet the needs of the internet age. Powers to harvest data should be strictly limited to a handful of agencies and only to those areas vital to security. Independent oversight of any request is vital."
- 2012-12-11 Data legislation u-turn: MPs to rewrite 'snooper's charter'
- Author Andrew Woodcock, Independent
- 2012-12-11 This damning verdict on the snooper's charter is the start of a longer battle
- Author John Kampfer, Guardian (comment)
- 2012-12-11 Data bill: what's the right balance between security and liberty online?
- Author David Shariatmadari, Guardian (comment)
- 2012-12-11 'Snooper's charter': leading Tories back Nick Clegg's call for complete rewrite
- Author Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2012-12-11 Snooping powers 'completely wrong' says David Davis
- Author BBC News
- 2012-12-11 Communications Data Bill: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
- Author BBC News
- 2012-12-11 Draft Communications Data Bill to be redrafted - No 10
- Author BBC News
- 2012-12-11 Draft Communications Data Bill cannot proceed, says Clegg
- Author BBC News
- 2012-12-11 Clegg and May in cyber war
- Author Graeme Wilson, The Sun
- Summary "Thersa May and Nick Clegg went to war last night over plans for an internet crackdown on paedophiles and terrorists."
- 2012-12-11 Snoopers' Charter: Nick Clegg Urges Re-Think
- Author Katie Stallard, Sky News
- 2012-12-11 Clegg demands major rethink over 'snoopers' charter' that could monitor phone records and internet use
- Author James Slack, Daily Mail
- 2012-12-11 Nick Clegg's veto threat puts Theresa May's plan for a 'snooper's charter' in crisis
- Author Nigel Morris, Independent
- 2012-12-11 Snooper's bill is unworkable, Nick Clegg tells Theresa May
- Author Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2012-12-11 'Snooper's charter' faces rough ride through parliament
- Author Alan Travis, Guardian
- 2012-12-11 Snooping law ‘grounded on fanciful fears’ by ministers
- Author John Higginson, Metro
- 2012-12-10 Clegg Says U.K. Coalition Must Rethink Data Bill
- Author Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg
- 2012-12-10 Parliament to unleash barrage of criticism on Snoopers' Charter
- Author Duncan Campbell, The Register
- 2012-12-09 Tory MP in battle with ministers over ‘snooping bill’ safeguards
- Author Isabel Hardman, Spectator
- 2012-12-09 £500 per household for police to monitor internet
- Author James Kirkup, The Telegraph
- 2012-12-09 MPs turn on Home Office over snoopers' charter
- Author Patrick Hennessy, The Telegraph
- 2012-12-08 Fears over ability to ignore content in snooping powers
- Author Tom Whitehead, Telegraph
- 2012-12-05 Theresa May mustn't browbeat Parliament into accepting the Data Communications Bill
- Author Jill Kirby, Conservative Home
- 2012-12-03 Track crime on net or we’ll see more people die
- Author Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun
- Summary Interview with Theresa May MP
- 2012-11-29 Nick Clegg distances Lib Dems from 'snoopers charter'
- Author: Alan Travis, The Guardian
- 2012-11-29 Lib Dems 'may ditch' Communications Data Bill
- Author: James Landale, BBC
- 2012-11-11 Parliament to kill snoopers’ charter
- Author: David Leppard, Sunday Times
- 2012-10-31 Theresa May Rebuffs ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Criticisms Before Committee
- Author: Tom Brewster, TechWeek europe
- 2012-10-31 MPs call communications data bill 'honeypot for hackers and criminals'
- Author: Alan Travis, The Guardian
- 2012-10-30 Communications Bill: Data access 'vital' anti-gang tool
- Author: BBC News
- 2012-10-25 UK parliamentarians scrutinize digital surveillance plan
- Author: Borja Bergareche, Committee to Protect Jouranlists
- 2012-10-24 Why Clegg should kill the Communications Data Bill
- Author: Rafael Behr, New Statesman
- 2012-10-23 Draft Communications Data Bill could lead to 'police state'
- Author: BBC News
- Summary: reporting evidence given to the committee by journalists.
- 2012-10-10 Why will UK web supersnoop plan cost £1.8bn? That's a secret
- Author Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- Summary Covers FOI of costs estimate
- 2012-09-16 Act now to stop this pernicious spying by the state
- Author John Naughton, The Observer
- Summary Open letter to the Liberal Democrat conference.
- 2012-09-14 Twitter raises privacy concerns with UK communication surveillance proposals
- Author Out-Law.com
- 2012-09-09 This spying bill is against privacy and democracy. And it won't work
- Author Henry Porter, The Observer
- 2012-09-06 Sir Tim Berners-Lee accuses government of 'draconian' internet snooping
- Author Lucy Kinder, Telegraph
- 2012-09-06 Internet 'snooper's charter' could jeopardise national security, ISPs warn
- Author Martin Beckford, Telegraph
- 2012-09-05 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks government's 'snooper's charter'
- Author Alan Travis, The Guardian
- 2012-07-21 Data privacy: Out of shape
- Author The Economist
- Summary "Only if people know more clearly what information is being collected about whom, and to what uses it is being put, can they judge whether the benefits of greater safety the surveillance state has brought them are worth the huge loss of privacy they have suffered as a result."
- 2012-07-20 Draft Communications Data Bill ‘more far-reaching than first thought’
- Author Graeme Burton, Computing News
- 2012-07-19 Communications Data Bill creates 'a virtual giant database'
- Author BBC News
- 2012-07-18 Finally Ed Miliband could recalibrate Labour as a party of liberty
- Author John Kampfner, Guardian (comment)
- 2012-07-13 UK's web super-snoop powers could be extended to councils
- Author Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- 2012-07-12 Web snooping bill an 'odious shopping list of new gov powers'
- Author Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- 2012-07-11 Top spook: ISP black boxes NOT key to UK's web-snoop plan
- Author Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- 2012-07-07 Internet regulation: Wires crossed
- Author The Economist
- 2012-07-06 'Web snooping' inquiry: Public input sought
- Author BBC News
- 2012-07-04 Foreign powers will be allowed to access email and phone records
- Author Martin Beckford, Telegraph
- 2012-06-25 MI5 chief enters row over 'snoopers' charter'
- Author Nick Hopkins, The Guardian
- 2012-06-17 This snooping bill is worthy of a surveillance state
- Author: Henry Porter, The Observer
- 2012-06-14 Who are you calling a 'conspiracy theorist', Home Secretary?
- Author Adrian Hilton, Daily Mail
- 2012-06-14 'Online snooping' scheme expected to cost at least £1.8bn
- Author Alan Travis, The Guardian
- 2012-06-14 'Snooper's charter' proposal sparks Tory row
- Author Alan Travis, The Guardian
- 2012-06-14 'Snoopers' Charter' is a 'matter of life and death', says Met Police chief, as Home Secretary unveils plans to monitor all website use
- Author James Slack and Tom Gardner, Daily Mail
- 2012-06-14 Police demand access to calls, texts and e-mails
- Author Sean O'Neill and Richard Ford, The Times
- 2012-06-13 Online privacy: Home Office to write blank cheque for 'snoopers' charter'
- Author Alan Travis
- 2012-05-11 After the Queen's speech: who will speak for liberty now?
- Author Editorial, The Guardian
- Summary in part criticising Labour for ailing to proved a civl liberties voice.
- 2012-05-09 Queen's Speech Outlines Snooper's Charter Draft Communications
- Author Lawrence Latif, The Inquirer
- SummaryCritical summary of the Bill so far
- 2012-05-09 'Snooper's charter' web spying Bill announced
- Author Christopher Williams, Telegraph
- Summary A clear outline of how the bill will work and what communications avenues will be effected ad to what extent
- 2012-05-09 Queen unveils draft internet super-snoop bill
- Author Kelly Fiveash, The Register
- Summary Emphasis on the Queen's endorsement of the bill
- 2012-05-09 Queen's speech 2012: main bills at a glance
Blogs
- 2012-08-08 Communications Data Bill: Technology is making dystopia not just possible, but cheap
- Author Mike Harris, Index on Censorship
- 2012-05-08 The government’s proposal for data communications surveillance will be invasive and costly with minimal effectiveness
- Author Joss Wright
- Summary Very informative and insightful blog that analyses the fundamental flaws in CCDP