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…
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Council used RIPA to spy on local paper reporter’s meeting with staff and ‘scupper’ investigation
Council used RIPA to OK surveillance of reporter meeting sources in cafe Derby City Council joins four police forces in…
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Government rejects Save Our Sources law and defends RIPA status quo despite cross-party support
A Liberal Democrat peer has condemned the Government after his proposed amendment to protect journalistic sources in the Serious Crime…
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Save Our Sources timeline: How Press Gazette has fought to keep the grim RIPA at bay
The Met Police released the 51-page Operation Alice closing report to show that no stone was left unturned when it…
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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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A call by Nick Clegg to have a public interest defence for the press inserted into laws like the Regulation…
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Met conducted 38 press leak investigations in five years – RIPA used in ‘vast majority’, says source
38 press leak investigations by Met over five years Source: RIPA used in 'vast majority' of cases Press leaks investigated…
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BBC’s Sir Cliff Richard ‘leak’ investigated by Met department that grabbed Sun phone records under RIPA
The same department of the Metropolitan Police that secretly obtained the phone records of The Sun in its Plebgate leak…
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