The draft internet monitoring bill has been criticised for having "a dragnet approach" and being "disproportionate" by ex-deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.

The draft Investigatory Powers Bill will force internet service providers to store all web activity for a year.
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"Implying that everyone may be guilty when millions of innocent people are just going about their everyday business free of any wrongdoing at all is... something which is not in keeping with long-standing British traditions," Mr Clegg said.