Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license. Barry Mason On March 1, Home Secretary Theresa May published the Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB), known by critics as the “snooper’s charter”. It enshrines in law the previously hidden mass gathering of Internet data by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) spying … Continue reading UK bill hands vast surveillance powers to police and intelligence agencies