The amendment to the law means that the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) will soon be able to store everything that happens on the open internet in Norway. – A step in the direction of a police state, says the leader of the justice committee, Per-Willy Amundsen from the FRP to Bergens Tidende. In the Storting, the Upper House secures a majority for the proposal for changes to the Police Register Act that the Ap-Sp government put forward before Christmas. The Act gives PST the opportunity to monitor, store and analyze large amounts of openly available information for the preparation of analyzes and intelligence assessments, even if each individual piece of information is not necessary for this purpose. In the bill, it is proposed that PST’s task as the domestic intelligence service is formulated as that PST “must prepare analyzes and intelligence assessments about conditions in Norway that may threaten Norway’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, democratic form of government and other national security interests”. FRP, Venstre and SV are critical and have joint comments on the bill. Amundsen says to the newspaper that March 2023 will be the month when the Storting abolishes the right to privacy. – It happens without a thorough analysis and without a public debate. the population does not know what is about to happen, he says according to the newspaper.
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PST gets mass surveillance – FRP calls it a step in the direction of a police state – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
