With a 65-percent majority, Swiss voters have approved a new surveillance law giving intelligence agencies more spying capabilities, BBC News reports. Federal Intelligence Services and other law enforcement agencies will now be allowed to place suspects under electronic surveillance, if they receive approval from a court, the defense ministry and the cabinet. Agencies will now have the authority to tap phones, examine emails, and use hidden cameras and bugs. The Swiss government said the surveillance capabilities against the highest-risk suspects will be used around once a month. Since the 1980s, Switzerland has been skeptical about domestic surveillance, but the recent spate of terrorist attacks in France has swayed public opinion.
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