An array of businesses, politicians and consumer groups have moved to block legislation that would allow Sweden's security service to monitor all Internet traffic crossing the country's borders. Fifteen senior conservative Swedish MPs have formed a group to annul the recently approved surveillance law (FRA) before it comes into force at the end of the year. The group of rebel MPs is expected to pass a motion in Sweden's parliament to have FRA revoked. When the law was approved in June, only one conservative MP voted against it, but a challenge by a further 14 MPs is likely to succeed in overturning the law, which was passed by only five votes. Public furore created by the FRA is also likely to swell the ranks of rebel MPs, who have risen in number from six to 15 in a matter of weeks.
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