Poll: Do Britain's anti-terrorism laws need toughening up?
After Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg dismissed fresh pressure for a revival of the so-called Snoopers' Charter, do you think Britain's anti-terrorism laws need strengthening?
The Liberal Democrat leader branded the proposals, which David Cameron has pledged to revive if he is in power after the election, "un-British" and ineffective.
The comments, in an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, came as the former director of MI5 warned anti-terrorism laws are "no longer fit for purpose".
Lord Evans of Weardale said it is "much harder" than a decade ago for the authorities to access communications between terrorists and criminals, because they are discussing plots on platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat.
Mr Clegg said he agreed with Lord Evans and the police that the state needs to "retain the ability to intrude on the privacy" of such people.
But he said he is "uncomfortable" with the idea of retaining data about internet and social media use by "every single man woman and child in this country for a year".
