News you may have missed #0178
November 11, 2009 Leave a comment
- Israel uses Facebook to spy on Arab, Muslim youth, claims article. A French-based Israeli-interest magazine claims psychologists working for the Israeli government are using online social networking sites like Facebook to profile and spy on Muslim and Arab users.
- Nepal paper alleges secret US-India spy meeting. Nepalese newspaper The Weekly Telegraph has alleged that the Indian embassy in Nepalese capital Kathmandu has been selected to host a meeting between agents of the CIA and members of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
- UK to require record-keeping of all personal communications, despite privacy concerns. All British telecommunications companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited, despite mounting privacy concerns over the requirement.