Wednesday, March 25, 2009

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Social network sites 'monitored'

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Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users' contacts.

The Home Office said it was needed to tackle crime gangs and terrorists who might use the sites, but said it would not keep the content of conversations.

It is part of a plan to store details of all phone calls, e-mails and websites visited on a central database.

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Social network sites 'monitored'

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