
Ministers have begun consulting on new surveillance powers which include the right to grab information in order to identify journalists’ sources.
The new draft codes explain how law enforcement agencies should use powers granted to them under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
The codes have supposedly been beefed up in response to a judgment from the European Court of Justice after a challenge brought by Tom Watson MP.
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