Another government tech policy has been defeated by the British House of Lords, with members rejecting plans to give police more power over terrorism-related content on Web sites.
The government's original plans would have allowed police to act after deciding information on the Internet is related to terrorism. But this was changed by the House of Lords so that police would have to ask judges before telling Internet service providers to remove Web pages, according to the BBC.
The government was defeated by 148-147 vote. The bill received a third reading and will now return to the House of Commons.
Last month, the House of Lords embarrassed the government by rejecting key parts of the controversial identity card plan, voting to block the ID cards bill until the costs have been scrutinized by a parliamentary watchdog, the National Audit Office, and by making it voluntary for people to enroll on the national ID register.
Ahh, 1984 is coming by stealth and little degrees, to edit and change all the info media, to suit the government of the day!
Question, how long before the law lords are stripped of their power and authority to veto Tony Blair's continuing grab for absolute power and control al la Adolph, and dilute peoples rights and freedoms?
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Question, how long before the law lords are stripped of their power and authority to veto Tony Blair's continuing grab for absolute power and control al la Adolph, and dilute peoples rights and freedoms?