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    Re: Guardian: Far-right terrorism threat is growing, say MI5 and police chiefs Archived Message

    Posted by Raskolnikov on March 29, 2019, 10:44 am, in reply to "Guardian: Far-right terrorism threat is growing, say MI5 and police chiefs"

    The prevailing subtext here seems to be, "We need to see more of your data, social media posts, emails, telephone calls, texts, etc. Better safe than sorry".

    On data, we identified ways in which advances in that field enable us to sharpen our ‘radar’ and increase insight,” they wrote. “There is no magic solution but there are valuable gains to be made by going further in data analytics and related technologies with parts of the private sector. We have made important progress already.

    Hmmm. I bet you have.

    I would imagine this will end up with some kind of requested legislation for increased snooping powers at some point, although these days they tend to outsource it to "parts of the private sector" so perhaps a request for LESS legistlation on them.

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