Judge ‘extremely surprised’ at police reluctance to let media name and shame men who sexually exploited girl
The judge who decided that men being made subject to injunctions banning them from having contact with a girl they…
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Nick Clegg tells Home Office: ‘Police should have to seek a sign off from the judge before they go after journalists’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told Theresa May police must be forced to seek judicial approval before grabbing journalists’…
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The Leveson effect: Sharp increase in police media leak investigations, relations with journalists at ‘all-time low’
HMIC figures show 98 press leak investigations in nine months during the Leveson Inquiry Compares to 302 in five years…
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Cleveland Police believed to have seized telecoms data to find media source
Cleveland Police blanked FoI on RIPA use against journalists Force did provide internal emails discussing IOCCO's RIPA inquiry Press Gazette…
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ACPO scuppered Press Gazette FoI requests on police use of RIPA by issuing blanket guidance
ACPO told forces in blanket guidance they should use 'national security' excuse to refuse Press Gazette FoIs ACPO also told…
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Interception chief accepts Press Gazette Save Our Sources petition as 1,250 urge him to stop police secretly viewing journalists’ call data
Journalists across Europe held events yesterday to mark European Federation of Journalists' Stand Up For Journalism day. So it seemed…
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Police chief constable: RIPA should ‘absolutely’ be used to investigate press leaks
A chief constable has defended police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to investigate leaks from forces to…
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Sun six trial: Thames Valley officer accused of leaking details of police probe into violent killing of millionaire wife
The trial of six Sun journalists heard yesterday how a Thames Valley Police officer provided the paper with confidential information…
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