A British computer scientist, Ross Anderson, is warning that the new Export Control Bill under consideration in the U.K. goes too far in the effort to extend munition export controls to electronic transmission by giving government prepublication review and suppression powers over scientists' work and requiring licenses to be acquired for research into controlled areas when it involves foreigners.

See also:

• January 8, 2002 debate in Parliment on the bill
• Regulatory impact statement
• The Wassenaar Arrangement on export controls