Shocked to Learn

Claude Rains has nothing on the internet community. In England, privacy advocates are just soooo surprised about the latest.

"The U.K. government is considering the mass surveillance and retention of all user communications on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo. "

Vernon Coaker, the English equivalent to Homeland, wants ISPs to keep "communications data" for long periods of time. To read more, jump to ZDNet Asia's story, which was sent out on the Word of Mouth Marketing Association's feed a few days ago.