The new Prevention of Terrorism law contains poorly defined restrictions on photography which pretty much gives the police carte blanche to hassle any one with a camera. You can sign the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/.

Some additional information from the petition:

On the 16th of February, the Government passed a law (in the Counter Terrorism Act) making it illegal to take a photograph of a police office, military personnel or member of the intelligence services - or a photograph which “may be of use for terrorism”. This definition is vague at best, and open to interpretation by the police - who under Home Secretary guidelines can “restrict photography in public places”.

We call for these vague restrictions to be lifted, as they can easily be mis-used by the police.

Thanks to Paul for submitting this information for us to post.

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