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PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL has written to the government’s investigatory powers commissioner asking him to investigate if the police have been unlawfully hacking British citizens’ phones.
The campaign group wrote to Lord Justice Fulford earlier this week over police forces’ use of intrusive mobile phone extraction technology, raising concerns that it involves the “interception of communications” or “equipment interference” — in other words, hacking.
Privacy International asked the commissioner to conduct an urgent review into police use of the technology and assess if there is a proper legal basis for its use.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury