They still don’t quite get it…

The Government stresses that what is proposed is merely an expansion of existing powers, which cover more traditional forms of communication, to new technology. The authorities would still need a warrant to access the contents of such communication.38 Officials also underline a difference between the current proposals and the early proposals for an Intercept Modernisation Programme (IMP) initiated under the previous Government. The IMP – in the proposals as originally reported in 2008 — would have compelled internet service providers and phone companies to gather customer data, to be fed into a centralised database.39 The current scheme does not involve a centralised system, but focuses only on web and social media providers storing information that can be accessed by police and security services on demand.40

via Internet surveillance – Commons Library Standard Note – UK Parliament.