InCiDeR
21st March 2012, 22:21
During the last couple of years, the swedish parliament have approved several new laws and treaties regarding copyright issues and surveilance of the general public. On the 21st of March, the parliament approved yet another law originating from the EU, the data retention directive. According to this law, telecommunication data from all swedish citizens will be automatically stored.
From now on, all swedish citizens will apparently be regarded as potential criminals. Needless to say, the reaction to this law, as well as previous laws and treaties such as FRA and ACTA, have sparked some protests... like 40 persons gathered in a small town in Sweden... LOL
Sweden act as usual as the biggest and greatest social experiment in the world.
No one else... read that again... NO ONE ELSE, none, zip, not a single person... have bothered to protest or say anything at all. The public media write more about the next upcoming reality TV-show than this decision. Some media haven't even mentioned it, not a single line!!!
People I know just look at me when I mention this, they try to comprehend, fail to do so.. instead ask me "you want some coffee?".... JEEEZZZ....
The Data Retention Directive, more formally "Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC" is a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to Telecommunications data retention. According to the directive, member states will have to store citizens' telecommunications data for six to 24 months stipulating a maximum time period. Under the directive the police and security agencies will be able to request access to details such as IP address and time of use of every email, phone call and text message sent or received. A permission to access the information will be granted only by a court.(...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Retention_Directive
From now on, all swedish citizens will apparently be regarded as potential criminals. Needless to say, the reaction to this law, as well as previous laws and treaties such as FRA and ACTA, have sparked some protests... like 40 persons gathered in a small town in Sweden... LOL
Sweden act as usual as the biggest and greatest social experiment in the world.
No one else... read that again... NO ONE ELSE, none, zip, not a single person... have bothered to protest or say anything at all. The public media write more about the next upcoming reality TV-show than this decision. Some media haven't even mentioned it, not a single line!!!
People I know just look at me when I mention this, they try to comprehend, fail to do so.. instead ask me "you want some coffee?".... JEEEZZZ....
The Data Retention Directive, more formally "Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC" is a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to Telecommunications data retention. According to the directive, member states will have to store citizens' telecommunications data for six to 24 months stipulating a maximum time period. Under the directive the police and security agencies will be able to request access to details such as IP address and time of use of every email, phone call and text message sent or received. A permission to access the information will be granted only by a court.(...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Retention_Directive