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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Police forces reveal internal emails on why they refused to answer Press Gazette RIPA questions
A police force has said it would not give consideration to whether someone was a journalist when making a Regulation…
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300 police media leak probes in five years – forces refuse to reveal how many involved RIPA spying
Police forces across the UK conducted 302 media leak investigations in a five-year period – many of which may have…
By Sun six trial told of allegation Sun reporter paid Thames Valley contact for name of cadet killed in glider crash
The mother of a teenager killed in a gliding accident questioned how The Sun almost instantly discovered her grief-stricken family's…
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Paul Dacre calls on police and politicians to ‘drop hostilities’ with press for the sake of ‘healthy democracy’
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (pictured: Reuters) has appealed for press unity in the face of what he said were…
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