ASIO chief accuses tech giants of running safe spaces for terrorists and spies


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"Through the use of encryption social media and tech companies are, in effect, creating a maintaining a safe space for terrorists and spies," Burgess told Senate Estimates on Tuesday. "In the case of encryption, we need to recognise how it is being used by terrorist and spies. Earlier in the day, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) faced questioning on ACT Policing accessing metadata unlawfully on 1,704 occasions. McCartney said the requests were location requests, and therefore, were unlikely to pervert the course of justice and confined to the ACT Policing arm of the organisation. Following the Ombudsman's investigation, compliance for ACT Policing now sits within the AFP compliance area, as well as establishing an inspectorate within its professional standards command.