PressTV reports:
France’s top court has lent its blessing to a broad surveillance bill that controversially increases the sphere of authority of the country’s intelligence services.
On Thursday, the French Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of the bill that relaxes the restrictions on the interception of telephone conversations and enables the easier application of hidden microphones and cameras.
Empowered by the law, intelligence authorities can now glean telephone, text message, and Internet data from all devices in a given area.
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