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New Zealand Parliament Passes Law Allowing the Government to Spy on Email
- The Guardian, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 5 PM
New Zealand's parliament has passed a new law that will allow telecommunication companies to share customer's emails, phone calls and texts with the government's intelligence agencies. Under the new telecommunications interceptions and security capability bill, which narrowly passed, companies are now required to consult with the Government Communications Security Bureau whenever they plan to develop new infrastructure and networks, and let them install interception equipment on their networks.
