The US Congress is fighting against time to renew its spy program which is considered critical to US National Security. However, it faces uncertainty as lawmakers are citing reservations over how the authority empowers warless domestic surveillance as well.

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Days after violence erupted in France the French Senate has now passed a controversial law granting a sweeping power to the police authority. This comes after the country was engulfed in riots after the police fatally shot a teenager in a Paris suburb. According to reports French police can now spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras microphones and the GPS location system of phone devices and can remotely activate it to record images as well as sound.

France: New Surveillance law to increase police clampdown

After a series of protests chaos and violence across France last week the French authorities are discussing increasing the powers of the police in fact, the French lawmakers have agreed to enable the French police to spy on suspects through their phones. The proposed plan is part of a wider Justice Reform Bill and the measure will cover laptops cars cameras microphones GPS and other connected devices. It will provide French security officials with the geolocation of the suspects.

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