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UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead

News in brief: Government ploughs on with Interception Modernisation Programme

Tags: instant messaging, facebook, interception modernisation programme , web monitoring plans

By silicon.com staff

Published: 11 November 2009 11:29 GMT

The UK government has confirmed it intends to push ahead with plans to monitor the UK's communications.

Under the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), the government wants communications service providers to store details of all web communications, including emails and IMs conversations.

The government's decision to continue with the IMP was announced on Friday, following a consultation on the project.

The government will push ahead with web monitoring plans
(Photo credit: Paul Kehrer via Flickr under the following Creative Commons Licence)

For more on the outcome of the consultation, and the government's plans, see Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans on ZDNet UK.

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