Kiwis rally against 'snoops' charter' law
Found on The Register on Monday, 29 July 2013
Prime minister John Key dismissed the protests as small, saying that protesters are either “politically aligned” or “misinformed”.
The controversial legislation was introduced after the arrest of Kim Dotcom and fellow operators of the Megadownload Website in 2012 led to the discovery that the GCSB had intercepted his communications. This turned out to be illegal, since at the time Dotcom was a New Zealand resident.
At least this time they say that they want to spy on people.