Security Must Be Fit for the Digital Age

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has given a speech on security and privacy in the internet age. The Liberal Democrats are the only party with a plan to protect civil liberties, while ensuring that security services can do their job to keep us safe.

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In an article in the Guardian at the beginning of the month, Nick Clegg challenged Labour and the Conservatives to support the Lib Dem plans to protect people's privacy and ensure intelligence agencies can still protect us.

Nick said: "The [current regulation] was drafted 15 years ago, before the internet revolution had really taken hold. Back in 1999 there was no Facebook, no Twitter, no Skype. Google was still being run out of a garage. The way we use the internet, and the scale of the data we generate, has changed beyond recognition since then. In 2013, it took the world 10 minutes to generate the same amount of information that was created in the whole period from the dawn of history to 2002.

The agencies have harnessed the power of new technologies to ensure that we keep pace with criminals and terrorists. That is entirely right - I would expect them to do so. The question is whether the development of these new capabilities is proportionate and held properly accountable.

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