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– ECtHR: UK mass surveillance violates rights to privacy and free expression (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 13, 2018

According to the Court, the UK's mass interception programme "is incapable of keeping the 'interference' to what is 'necessary in a democratic society'".
Source: MEDIA FEED

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