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MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

...influential parliamentary committee has said.In a report published on Monday, the Home Affairs Committee said the internet plays a key role in promoting violent... Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Raytheon seeks £500m e-Borders payoff

...claim for over half a billion pounds in a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee (PDF), published on Friday. "We maintain that the purported... Read more

26 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs: Rioting should not lead to Twitter blocks

...government should not take social networks offline during future civil disturbances, the home affairs select committee has said. Photo credit: Nicobobinus/Flickr Social networks such... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

...The home affairs select committee has branded police service IT as "not fit for... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

MPs see little value in scrapped £9m eye scanners

...system would have been better used to pay for more staff, the Home Affairs Select Committee has found. IRIS was introduced in UK airports in... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Jo Best

MPs: UK must overhaul US extradition treaty now

...to prove a reasonable belief that the person committed the crime, the Home Affairs Committee noted in a report released on Friday. Growing public unease... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Rogue police deleted data at gangs' behest, says report

...to the Home Office for comment. Keith Vaz, the chair of the Home Affairs Committee, told Channel 4 News that the committee may have to... Read more

30 March, 2012

Europe-wide draft law seeks to criminalise hacking

...regarding attacks on computer systems, according to a European Parliament justice and home affairs statement published on Wednesday. "We are dealing here with serious criminal... Read more

28 March, 2012

Europe aims to open cybercrime hub in January

...work in January with a staff of 36, according to European Commission home affairs spokesman Michele Cercone. As a clearinghouse, it will compile data from... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Europe's IT Agency kicks off in Estonia

Europe's IT Agency kicks off in Estonia

...security and justice'."The expectations are high, and the tasks are many," home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmström said in a statement on Wednesday. "This agency... Read more

22 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Passenger data accord breaches rights, say Greens

...to not support the agreement will be taken in the European Parliament home affairs legal committee on 27 March. The decision by this committee will... Read more

14 March, 2012

EU and US sign draft passenger data pact

...over the existing agreement from 2007," said Cecilia Malmström, European commissioner for home affairs, in a statement. "The new agreement contains robust safeguards for European... Read more

18 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

Twitter, Facebook and RIM are meeting home secretary Theresa May to discuss government proposals to crack down on social networks in times of unrest Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Facebook riot posts lead to four-year jail terms

...networking site. Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner Tim Godwin told MPs on the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that the Met had considered seeking legal powers... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Police say Twitter and BBM gave riot 'intelligence'

...However, the Metropolitan Police's acting deputy commissioner Tim Godwin told the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that while the Met did mull over getting... Read more

17 August, 2011 by Jo Best

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