Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit

Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database.

It is further evidence of the Government's desire to have the capability to vet every telephone call, email and internet visit made in the UK, which has already provoked an outcry.

They were told that the security and intelligence agencies wanted to use the stored data to help fight serious crime and terrorism.