UK Legislation to access public's texts and emails put on hold

Plans for a £2bn ($3.3m) Home Office surveillance project to track details of everyone's email, mobile phone, text and internet use have been put on hold after a consultation raised concerns over its technical feasibility, costs and privacy safeguards. The Guardian reports.

The Home Office has confirmed that legislation for the project, known in Whitehall as the "interception modernisation programme", will not be included in next week's Queen's Speech and is unlikely before a general election. The fresh delay follows concerns raised by internet service providers and mobile phone operators over the project's feasibility, and anxieties over who would foot the bill.

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