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Netpol begins High Court legal challenge against Met list of 'domestic extremists'
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Police monitors sued the Met and Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday for keeping activists' details on a database of "domestic extremists."

Lawyers for non-profit police watchdog Netpol went to the High Court to challenge the Metropolitan Police's snooping effort.

The database contains a variety of personal details of about 9,000 people.

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