What have human rights got to do with the technical running of the internet?

The state should not have the power to secretly identify then persecute whistleblowers.

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The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge.

As for Google, without a more ‘joined up’ EU legal and regulatory framework integrating digital rights and economic concerns, users may need to look to solutions outside the law.

Freedom of expression is fundamentally about power: about who gets to speak or express themselves and on what terms and platforms.

Any limits set for free expression online must be traced in pencil, not in ink, and not, and this is particularly important - within a hastily drafted piece of legislation.