Big brother’s watching…

At least, he’s got plans for our friends in Britain.

LONDON — Social networking websites like Facebook could be forced to pass on details of users’ friends and contacts under British government proposals to fight terrorism.

Millions of Britons use sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to chat with friends, but ministers are concerned the rapidly evolving technology could be exploited by extremists.

Critics have attacked the plans as more evidence of big government intruding into people’s lives.