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 18.4k Northern Ireland voters.
47% Yes |
53% No |
20% Yes |
50% No |
17% Yes, but only by court order |
3% No, and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications |
6% Yes, but only for those with criminal backgrounds |
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5% Yes, this is necessary to combat terrorism |
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Trend of how important this issue is for 18.4k Northern Ireland voters.
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Unique answers from Northern Ireland 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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No, they should have to gain appropriate legal authority to do so
@9PPQ4YR5mos5MO
Yes, but only for the purposes of preventing terrorism or other acts for the preservation of public safety
@9PP3CQ95mos5MO
This is a very complex issue. In most cases, no, but there will be exceptional circumstances and there needs to be a discussion on how a truly independent process to set this would work.
@9NZ8JK25mos5MO
Yes but only for legitimate serious criminal investigations where a proper warrant has been obtained
@9NL327G6mos6MO
Yes for those with criminal background plus on the general public to flag up key words which may bring to light new criminal activity
@9NJBXRP6mos6MO
Yes, if a person is identified as posing a risk to national security and for preventing and detecting Terrorism
@9M3FPKR7mos7MO
Yes, but only by court order and and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications
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