UK'S INVESTIGATORY POWERS BILL TO BECOME LAW DESPITE TECH WORLD OPPOSITION

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The UK's controversial Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill 2024, dubbed the "snooper's charter", has received royal assent and will expand the digital surveillance capabilities of intelligence agencies, police, and others under the existing Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The amendments allow authorities to gather more data from citizens, including telecoms activity, to tackle "modern threats", including national security and child abuse. Critics have raised privacy concerns over the widened powers.