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Government tells High Court it’s weighing more tasks for Shin Bet against virus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe government tells the High Court of Justice it is considering tasking the Shin Bet with other roles to help contain the coronavirus outbreak, after authorizing the domestic spy agency to track the phones of carriers of the virus and those they were in close proximity to.
Responding to a High Court petition against the controversial phone tracking program, the government says these additional tasks would be “to improve the effectiveness of the aid given to the Health Ministry, so it will be possible to work to slow the spread of the virus while partially removing the restrictions on freedom of movement.”
It doesn’t, however, give any details on what further measures are under consideration.
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