French Parliament adopts controversial law expanding surveillance powers to fight terrorism
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The French Parliament has adopted a controversial surveillance law aimed at broadening eavesdropping of terrorism suspects, despite protests from privacy advocates and concern about U.S.-style massive data sweeps.
Wednesday's vote in the National Assembly, months in the making, came as French officialdom was decrying revelations less than a day earlier that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on three French presidents and senior officials.
The law won't take effect until a court rules on whether it abides by France's constitution.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The law will entitle intelligence services to place recording devices in suspects' homes and beacons on their cars without prior authorization from a judge. It would also force communication and Internet firms to allow intelligence services to install electronic boxes to record metadata from all Internet users in France.