Law Commission review of police powers to seize journalistic material ‘extremely worrying’
Laws which allow police to seize evidence from journalists are in urgent need of toughening up – not “watering down”,…
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Police wrongly seized investigative journalist’s equipment over harassment charge and took nine weeks to return it
A police force has admitted seizing equipment belonging to an investigative journalist without first gaining judicial approval, in contravention of…
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Met reveals new secret court application to view journalistic call records since March law-change
A judge has granted the Metropolitan Police access to a journalist's phone records without their knowledge since the Save Our…
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Police forces have unlawfully accessed phone records to find journalists’ sources since March law change
Two police forces acquired records to find sources despite Save Our Sources stop-gap law being in place Information contained in…
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Government seeking way to exempt journalists from proposed changes to PACE
Minister for Government policy Oliver Letwin is looking at ways to exempt journalism from a clause in the Deregulation Bill…
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‘Hidden away’ in Deregulation Bill – plan to make it easier for police to seize journalistic material
The Newspaper Society has urged the Government to withdraw plans to change the law to make it easier for the…
ByThought crime? We could all be guilty
Journalists working in the Thames Valley Police area fondly recall the days when they could phone up police officers and…
ByBrown should act to lift restraints on journalism
When card-carrying NUJ member Gordon Brown takes up office in Number 10 Downing Street this month, he has one clear…
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