The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 8, 2019

MPs are examining impact of national security laws on freedom of the press The Australian federal police has revealed it accessed the metadata of journalists 58 times in the 2017-18 financial year.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 31, 2019

News publishers find it less risky, and maybe more profitable, if stories about abuse of power are shunted in favour of trivia News organisations have been slow to respond to the tide of legislation that progressively and surely threatens their ability to report the affairs of state.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 6, 2018

Security agencies would be given access to encrypted messaging apps under bid to ‘modernise’ laws Technology companies such as Facebook and Google would be forced to give Australian security agencies access to encrypted data under legislation to be introduced by the Turnbull government.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 15, 2018

The people demanding these new powers have proven that they cannot be trusted with the powers they already have The good news is, the war on maths is postponed, because maths won. The government appears to have given up on its ambition of undermining the global encryption standards that underpin secure communications on the internet.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 6, 2018

Intelligence committee wants to know what data was shared with Chinese firms and why Malcolm Turnbull would “love to see the boss” of Facebook appear before Australia’s intelligence committee, as parliament grapples with new security threats wrought by global internet and social network giants.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 9, 2019

Commonwealth Ombudsman calls for Peter Dutton’s ability to censor its reports on the process to be revoked New encryption powers to seek assistance from tech companies to spy on users have been used at least five times by federal and New South Wales police.

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