Under current law (which was passed in 1986), the government can access your cloud storage without a warrant. Scary — but a bill named the Email Privacy Act recently reintroduced in the House is trying to change that.

Following a trend of increased internet censorship in the Middle East, the Egyptian government blocked the secure messaging app Signal at the end of last year.

The Investigatory Powers Bill, commonly referred to as the Snooper's Charter, became an act on December 3, 2016, despite being heavily petitioned by UK citizens concerned about increased online surveillance.