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Israeli court takes step to halt phone tracking amid virus

by Associated Press
| April 27, 2020 12:03 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the Shin Bet security agency to halt its use of phone-surveillance technology in the battle against the coronavirus, unless parliament begins legislating guidelines for the controversial practice.

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