Human rights campaign Liberty is launching a legal challenge against the UK’s recently passed surveillance legislation, and have reached an initial crowdfunding goal to pay for the fight this morning. The group raised £10,000 ($12,200) overnight, and will use it to seek a High Court judicial review of the new laws.

The legislation in question, known as the Investigatory Powers Bill, became law last November. It includes measures such as recording the internet history of every UK citizen for up to a year (and making that information accessible not only to the police but also government bodies like the Food Standards Agency), and granting security services the right to perform “bulk equipment interference” — or hacking groups of…

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