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Spying on people for their political beliefs is unacceptable, say MEPs (Photo: Xoe Cranberry)

EU instrument for spying on 'radicals' causes outrage

Civil rights watchdogs and MEPs have attacked new EU plans to gather data on people who voice or share "radical messages" in a bid to pre-empt terrorist attacks.

Political activists labelled as "Extreme right/left, Islamist, nationalist or anti-globalisation" may in future find themselves under surveillance in line with a new, so-called, EU "data compilation instrument" put at the disposal of police and security forces in member states.

The 70-question long "instrument," coverin...

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Spying on people for their political beliefs is unacceptable, say MEPs (Photo: Xoe Cranberry)

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