The 5th of July Foundation has issued a comment letter to the public inquiry SOU 2024:59, on “signals intelligence in defense” in Sweden.
In short, we argue that the proposal to increase the authority of the FRA (the National Defence Radio Establishment) to surveil Swedes and Swedes’ communications is in violation of the fundamental protections of privacy and correspondence that the European Convention on Human Rights warrants.
In addition, the inquiry demonstrates substantial shortcomings, for example by not describing and quantifying negative consequences of the proposals, which makes assessments of proportionality impossible.
The 5th of July Foundation therefore advises against the law proposal.
Instead, we recommend a review of all surveillance laws, which includes the costs of surveillance.
Our comment letter can be read in Swedish here:
