Journalist wins £10k compensation after Police Scotland illegally accessed his call records
Police Scotland has been ordered to pay £10,000 compensation buy the Investigatory Powers Tribunal for illegally obtaining the phone records…
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Leaked emails reveal Police Scotland ignored warnings over grab of Sunday Mail source call records
Leaked internal emails have revealed Police Scotland sought access to the telecoms records of Sunday Mail journalists’ sources despite being…
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Use of anti-terror legislation against journalists sees UK slip down world press freedom rankings
The use of legislation brought in to fight terrorism and serious crime against journalists has seen the UK slip four…
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NUJ: Investigatory Powers Bill is ‘profound threat to public’s right to know’
The National Union of Journalists has urged its members to write to their MPs ahead of the second reading of…
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Met chief Hogan-Howe: ‘I can ask my officers to speak to journalists, but I can’t order them to have trust’
The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police acknowledged that "the relationship we have with journalists is not in good health". And…
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Laws to protect journalistic material are not "applied consistently" in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill and should be improved on,…
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Surveillance court awards zero compensation to Sun reporter after police illegally viewed his call records
A Sun reporter whose phone records were illegally obtained by the Metropolitan Police has been granted no compensation by the…
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Do they mean us? Police chiefs condemn ‘burdensome’ FoI requests made by ‘journalistic community’
Police have condemned some "unreasonable and burdensome" Freedom of Information requests made by the "journalistic community". Appearing before the Independent…
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