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		thedlade on June 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Theresa May says the internet must now be regulate... The public aren't asking for any of this. They only use these cases as a sort of opportunity window to introduce laws that ban various types of porn

zigzigzag on June 4, 2017 [–]

There is also the opposite problem. The public aren't asking for it not to be done either. Internet surveillance isn't a hot button political topic either way. However, terrorism is. Hence the problem.

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