Two more journalists emerge as police spying targets, Press Gazette says: ‘We’ve been misled by Met’
The Metropolitan Police has apparently misled Press Gazette over the extent to which it used RIPA to spy on journalists…
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Four years after Met began investigating journalists: £33.5m spent, 64 arrested and/or charged, four jailed
In January 2011 the Met Police launched what is now reckoned to have become the biggest UK criminal investigation ever,…
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Baroness Jones urges Boris Johnson to stop Met Police targeting press whistleblowers
A member of the London Assembly has called on mayor Boris Johnson to introduce a “public interest test” to prevent…
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Senior Met Police officer sacked for giving unauthorised information to a tabloid journalist
A senior police office who have information to a journalist has been sacked some two years after he was initially…
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Met Police has spent £33.5m investigating journalists, figures show
The Metropolitan Police has spent £33.5m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show. Excluding legal fees, Operation…
By Met Police facing further allegations of improper seizure of journalistic material with Sky News said to be target
The Metropolitan Police is facing further allegations of improper seizure of journalistic material. The force has been accused of illegally…
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Heroes of the year: Plebgate whistleblowers, Russia Today defectors and BJA winners make Press Gazette’s top ten
Yesterday, Press Gazette named our top ten villains of the year. But after a year that has seen Press Gazette,…
By Ex-soldier ordered to make £40 charity donation after Elveden arrest
An ex-soldier who agreed to obtain information from an Army barracks for a newspaper has been ordered to make a…
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