Communications surveillance in the UK has been an increasingly contentious issue since the early 2000s. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is the result of a long series of attempts by the UK government to reform communications surveillance legislation. The consultations on this legislation — and on its precursor, the Draft Communications Data Bill 2012 — offer unique insight into how such efforts generate resistance to surveillance. This article draws attention to the role of communications service providers (CSPs) — who are increasingly being responsibilised to collect and retain communications data — within a multi-actor network of resistance. It also identifies the reasons CSPs gave for resisting these proposed reforms. Content analysis of the consultation documents reveals three themes that were central to the CSPs’ arguments: technology, territory, and trust. The article concludes by considering the implications for understanding resistance to contemporary digital surveillance.

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抵制数字监视改革：通信服务提供商的争论和策略

自2000年代初以来，英国的通信监视已成为越来越有争议的问题。《 2016年调查权力法》是英国政府进行一系列尝试以改革通信监控立法的结果。关于该立法及其前身《 2012年通信数据条例草案》的磋商提供了关于此类努力如何产生对监视的抵制的独特见解。本文提请注意通信服务提供商（CSP）在多方抵抗网络中的作用-越来越多地负责收集和保留通信数据。它还确定了CSP拒绝这些提议的改革的原因。咨询文件的内容分析揭示了CSP争论的三个主题：技术，领土和信任。本文最后通过考虑对理解现代数字监视抵抗的含义进行总结。