Exit Poll: Dutch Approve Spy Agency's Power to Tap Internet Traffic in Referendum

Dutch voters on Wednesday approved a referendum granting spy agencies the power to install bulk taps on Internet traffic, even as news of Facebook's 50 million user profile leak returned digital privacy issues to the fore. An exit poll by national broadcaster NOS showed 49 percent voted “yes” versus 48 percent “no.” The referendum is nonbinding, and Prime Minister Mark Rutte will now allow the law, which has already been approved by both houses of parliament, to go into...

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