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Just moments after counsel for the Leveson Inquiry Robert Jay QC said yesterday: “let us assume, Mr Dacre, that licensing of…
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ByTen ways for journalists to protect themselves and their contacts online
Protecting a source used to be easy. You just kept your mouth shut – even if it meant being fined…
ByHow can Leveson hope to find out what is really happening in newsrooms without anonymous evidence?
The decision of Associated Newspapers, supported by Telegraph Media Group, to seek judicial review challenging the hearing of anonymous evidence at…
ByPolice reject photographer’s ‘victimisation’ claims
Greater Manchester Police today rejected suggestions its officers were targeting a magazine photographer who claims he has been assaulted by…
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