The Guardian reports in reference to police action against the far right instigators of the recent violence:
The strict rules on evidence gathering for police and government bodies made it harder for authorities to scour some parts of the internet that are public, [Adam Hadley, the executive director of Tech Against Terrorism] said.
“What we’ve been trying to do is fill the gap between the government and the platforms. There are all sorts of perhaps unexpected barriers to doing things that are quite easy for us to do as citizens.”
What are these strict rules and barriers?