Boris Johnson RIPA U-turn: Police should require ‘judicial approval’ to obtain journalists’ phone records
Boris Johnson wants police to have to obtain "judicial approval" to access journalists' phone records in future. The Mayor of…
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Keith Vaz expects to have more success than Press Gazette in persuading police to reveal RIPA use
The chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee has said he expects police forces to be more transparent with him…
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London Assembly to quiz Met deputy commissioner over RIPA use against journalists
The deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and deputy mayor for policing and crime are to face questions over the…
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Media prof: Police ‘hacking’ of journalists’ phone records is scandal which dwarfs phone-hacking affair
Tim Crook is reader in media at Goldsmiths and a visiting professor at Birmingham City University Police 'hacking' of journalists'…
By Guardian, Independent and Times join Mail on Sunday, Sun and Daily Telegraph in condemning RIPA use against journalists
The Guardian, Independent and Times today condemned the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act against journalists in editorials.…
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Society of Editors warns PM that police appear to have no regard for ‘sanctity of sources’ with RIPA use
The executive director of the Society of Editors has written to the Prime Minister to express concern over the use…
By Boris Johnson defends Met’s use of RIPA on The Sun – before admitting he hasn’t studied case ‘in great detail’
London Mayor Boris Johnson has again defended the Metropolitan Police’s use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act against journalists.…
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Former Lord Chancellor Falconer says police were wrong to use RIPA to identify Sun and Mail on Sunday sources
Former Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer has said the police were wrong to use the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to…
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