UK Government to Introduce New Counterrorism Bill Wednesday

The U.K. government will introduce a new counterterrorism and security bill Wednesday, said Home Secretary Theresa May in a speech Monday. The bill is intended to thwart global terrorists, particularly those within the Islamic State (IS), who are planning attacks on the U.K. and other Western nations, she said. The bill will “help control and disrupt the movements” of terrorists traveling abroad to fight in Iraq and Syria and improve the U.K.’s border security, said May. The bill, which would create a privacy and civil liberties board, would also help to “close down at least part of the communications data capability gap” between the terrorism group and the U.K., she said. May cited IS’s “significant propaganda reach” via social media as a significant concern.