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DemolitionRed 21-12-2016 06:04 PM

UK gets taken to EU court and loses on surveillance laws - X-posted
 
A Tory MP, David Davies took the (Tory) UK government to the European Court of Justice. He won, Teresa May lost and her 'snooper's charter' looks fatally damaged!

Looks like our intrusive surveillance laws will have to be changed and in a big way! Oh dear!

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The article is worth a read from the irony POV too - David Davies is the Brexit Secretary! You really could not make this up :hee:

An extract:

“This is the first serious post-referendum test for our Government’s commitment to protecting human rights and the rule of law. The UK may have voted to leave the EU – but we didn’t vote to abandon our rights and freedoms.”

Watson said the ruling showed it was “counter-productive to rush new laws through Parliament without proper scrutiny.

Oooops!

I wonder how long Davies will retail his job?

Scarlett. 21-12-2016 06:14 PM

And this is exactly why being in the EU is a good thing, someone to hold our government to account.

Brillopad 21-12-2016 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewdolph (Post 9106081)
And this is exactly why being in the EU is a good thing, someone to hold our government to account.

And who holds the EU to account?

joeysteele 21-12-2016 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewdolph (Post 9106081)
And this is exactly why being in the EU is a good thing, someone to hold our government to account.

Yes indeed, there are good and bad as to all things but you are right in what you say.

jaxie 21-12-2016 07:13 PM

And if Germany had better surveillance they might have their man by now. There is a place for it in an increasingly dangerous world.

Livia 21-12-2016 07:43 PM

Oh yes, that's what we need. A foreign, unelected court to impose their laws on our country. And I would remind everyone that our surveillance laws have done a pretty good job up till now.

David Davis brought the case before he became Brexit minister. I see a little conflict of interest there...

user104658 21-12-2016 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxie (Post 9106228)
And if Germany had better surveillance they might have their man by now. There is a place for it in an increasingly dangerous world.

And if we just locked everyone in cages from birth there would be no crime at all.

Hooray! I've done it! I've solved crime! Now we need to hurry up and get out of the EU so that their pesky human rights shenanimawotzits can't get in the way of my plan.

MB. 21-12-2016 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 9106257)
And I would remind everyone that our surveillance laws have done a pretty good job up till now.

...so why introduce any new ones when those we already have in place work perfectly fine?

arista 22-12-2016 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewdolph (Post 9106081)
And this is exactly why being in the EU is a good thing, someone to hold our government to account.


Chewy
Pull Your Socks UP

From March 2017
we start a 2 Year Leaving the EU

We do not , need or want them
FACT

arista 22-12-2016 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxie (Post 9106228)
And if Germany had better surveillance they might have their man by now. There is a place for it in an increasingly dangerous world.


Yes Germany has no cameras like ours
they are nothing like the UK

we buy their Cars
at the moment.

jaxie 22-12-2016 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Santa (Post 9106598)
And if we just locked everyone in cages from birth there would be no crime at all.

Hooray! I've done it! I've solved crime! Now we need to hurry up and get out of the EU so that their pesky human rights shenanimawotzits can't get in the way of my plan.

Now you're just being silly.

user104658 22-12-2016 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaxie (Post 9106622)
Now you're just being silly.

It's an extreme version of exactly the same concept :shrug:

DemolitionRed 22-12-2016 07:58 AM

They aren’t only tracking and monitoring our text and email messages, web browsing history; travel and financial transactions (buying habits). They are monitoring which of us use public services, our work records and even our health records. Our every move can now be monitored from cradle to grave. Our suspicious government monitor us more than we monitor our own young children….” All in the name of terror”

Excessive surveillance will only foster a climate of suspicion. Suspicion that we are owned by the big guys and could face social exclusion and discrimination if we dare to stand up against a system that is rapidly controlling our every move.

Look towards North Koreans and the fear caused by mass surveillance. There is nothing democratic about what our government are up to.

Livia 22-12-2016 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bah HuMBug (Post 9106600)
...so why introduce any new ones when those we already have in place work perfectly fine?

That's quite a strange question. Things develop... terrorists evolve their tactics, so must we. Laws have to evolve with the situation.

Livia 22-12-2016 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Santa (Post 9106598)
And if we just locked everyone in cages from birth there would be no crime at all.

Hooray! I've done it! I've solved crime! Now we need to hurry up and get out of the EU so that their pesky human rights shenanimawotzits can't get in the way of my plan.

Serious Debates, TS. The clue's in the words.

Livia 22-12-2016 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 9106705)
They aren’t only tracking and monitoring our text and email messages, web browsing history; travel and financial transactions (buying habits). They are monitoring which of us use public services, our work records and even our health records. Our every move can now be monitored from cradle to grave. Our suspicious government monitor us more than we monitor our own young children….” All in the name of terror”

Excessive surveillance will only foster a climate of suspicion. Suspicion that we are owned by the big guys and could face social exclusion and discrimination if we dare to stand up against a system that is rapidly controlling our every move.

Look towards North Koreans and the fear caused by mass surveillance. There is nothing democratic about what our government are up to.

Firstly, when you say "our" text and email messages, I think you're overestimating the interest they may have in you.

Secondly... North Korea? LOL...

I feel VERY safe. I know that my best interests are being served by our Security Services. If you don't... well, you live in France a lot of the time, didn't you say? I'm sure you feel more secure there without quite so much surveillance, but with the random terror attacks.

armand.kay 22-12-2016 09:14 AM

I highly doubt the government is gonna waste money intimately watching everything that every citizen does.. I can't see them using these tools unless they have a reason to suspect a person...

user104658 22-12-2016 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 9106728)
Serious Debates, TS. The clue's in the words.

It is entirely serious.

Keeping everyone in cages (or OK, let's say a comfortable cell) permanently would stop ALL crime. We all, I assume, agree that this is going too far. Therefore we have established that there *is* a line that we are not prepared to cross when it comes to giving up freedom for safety. So where is that line?

Northern Monkey 22-12-2016 10:58 AM

I think our security services do an amazing job.They have stopped numerous terror attempts in this country.It is actually quite unbelievable that they have managed to prevent the amount they have and we haven't had a major incident since 7/7.
It is true also that technology is playing a major role in the planning of these attacks and attempts.
Our security services do need to be able to gain access to the tech to gather intelligence.
However i think there is a line where it becomes too intrusive.I'm all for the cameras in populated areas as they help identify even everyday crims aswell as terrorists.Look at Germany arresting the wrong person after truck attack for instance.
I think having the legal authority to hack into anybodies phone or e-mails is the step too far.I agree with the statement in the article that police and government shouldn't just have the power to do that at will(even if they won't) and only judges be able to permit that kind of surveillance.

Withano 22-12-2016 11:26 AM

The guy in charge of moving the Uk out of the Eu just asked the EU to block a UK law?.. Did I read that right? Thats hilarious.

Denver 22-12-2016 11:33 AM

Like it wont be reversed in the next 2 years

user104658 22-12-2016 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeTownJesus (Post 9106812)
Like it wont be reversed in the next 2 years

2 years longer for people to learn how to protect themselves online at least. Because it is possible to be anonymous. And of course, criminals already know that, which is why it's utter BS that it's "for our protection", because the really dangerous people aren't operating in the open web in the first place to be logged or monitored.

Cherie 23-12-2016 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Santa (Post 9107220)
2 years longer for people to learn how to protect themselves online at least. Because it is possible to be anonymous. And of course, criminals already know that, which is why it's utter BS that it's "for our protection", because the really dangerous people aren't operating in the open web in the first place to be logged or monitored.

So the foiled attacks on the UK were discovered how?

user104658 23-12-2016 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christmas Sherry (Post 9107951)
So the foiled attacks on the UK were discovered how?

Presumably not by doing something that isn't legal yet... right? :shrug:

Niamh. 23-12-2016 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Santa (Post 9106598)
And if we just locked everyone in cages from birth there would be no crime at all.

Hooray! I've done it! I've solved crime! Now we need to hurry up and get out of the EU so that their pesky human rights shenanimawotzits can't get in the way of my plan.

[emoji23] exactly though


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