New law could allow GCHQ to monitor UK internet logs in real-time to tackle fraud

Britain’s cyber and signals intelligence agency GCHQ could monitor logs of domestic internet traffic in the United Kingdom in real-time to identify online fraud and interrupt criminals during the act, under a new law being considered by the government. The system could amount to the “wholesale change in philosophy and practice” called for by MPs

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