Certainly the UK seems to have taken a giant leap in this direction recently (unless this is a misguided April fool article): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli

Certainly the UK seems to have taken a giant leap in this direction recently (unless this is a misguided April fool article): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745 I think you are deluding yourself though if you believe that most major govts are not doing wholesale digital trawling to the best of their (advanced) abilitites already, regardless of whatever legislation is currently in place.