Met Police explains why it is ‘somewhat disappointing’ that journalists continue to submit FoIs on RIPA
The Metropolitan Police has said it is "disappointing" that journalists continue to make Freedom of Information requests on the use…
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Met bars Guido Fawkes and others from asking RIPA questions amid Press Gazette conspiracy theory
The Guido Fawkes website has been accused of “working collectively” with Press Gazette and branded "vexatious" by the Metropolitan Police…
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While police uphold harassment notice against reporter, CPS declines to charge conwoman he exposed
The CPS has declined to prosecute the conwoman exposed by a reporter after police upheld a harassment complaint against him.…
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‘Stop the witch hunt’ – crime chief says Met’s £33m investigation of journalists is ‘utter nonsense’
A police and crime commissioner has described the Metropolitan Police’s four-year £33m investigation into journalists as “utter nonsense” and declared…
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Met should have commended Croydon reporter not issued him with harassment warning
The case of the Croydon Advertiser reporter who was warned by police for emailing and door-stepping a woman who was…
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‘Vexatious’, ‘annoying’ and ‘disruptive’ Press Gazette barred by Met from asking more RIPA questions
The Metropolitan Police has barred Press Gazette from requesting information about its use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act…
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CPS defends ‘incompetent’ prosecutions of journalists: ‘We must uphold the law without fear or favour’
The Crown Prosecution Service has hit back at criticisms over its decision to subject journalists to expensive trials that are…
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Since the revelation in September last year that the Met Police had secretly viewed the phone records of law-abiding journalists…
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