Surveillance sweep

From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire A new surveillance law causes a rumpus in Sweden Recently approved legislation in Sweden that allows for increased surveillance of crossborder telecommunications traffic has triggered the country's most heated political debate in years and sparked widespread protests from the public, media and business. The government appears determined to ride out the criticism, claiming the measures are a necessary response to the threat from global terrorism, but the affair could do lasting damage to its already fading re-election prospects. The extent to which wiretapping and surveillance measures are used in Sweden has become an increasingly divisive issue in recent years. Those advocating the need for increased surveillance point to the threat from international terrorism and organised... [read full story]