In 2015 Parliament passed the Investigatory Powers Bill which consolidated UK laws governing surveillance. The bill requires telecom companies to retain users' "Internet connection records" for up to 12 months and would allow authority for intelligence and security agencies, the police, and the armed forces to hack into computers, networks, and mobile phones.
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Response rates from 398k Liberal Democrats voters.
61% Yes |
39% No |
22% Yes |
36% No |
25% Yes, but only by court order |
2% No, and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications |
7% Yes, this is necessary to combat terrorism |
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6% Yes, but only for those with criminal backgrounds |
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Unique answers from Liberal Democrats voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but only with undeniable evidence that it would prevent harm to others, and if nothing is found within a given time period all recordings and information gathered should be destroyed and all monitoring discontinued immediately
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Yes, but only when it is necessary to combat terrorism, espionage or other national security threats.
@9M3FPKR9mos9MO
Yes, but only by court order and and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications
@9L7TXG810mos10MO
The government has no right to survey civilian communication unless they are suspected of criminal activity
@9JHYPPS12mos12MO
Yes, but the government should only be able to monitor British citizens by court order, or if three (brief) court orders have previously been approved, or an existing court order has been extended twice.
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Provided it can only be used as a further conviction in court, and not a case for initial arrest, so long as the phrasing is subject to contextual analysis of the statements made.
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Yes, but only after multiple levels of scrutiny, a court order, and objective evidence it is essential for national security purposes.
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Yes but only if it’s a criminal, terrorist or correct facts showing they need to be monitored to save lives and the UK
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