MI5 and police illegally grabbed journalist’s call records to find sources
Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.
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Victory for Liberty in ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ fight to protect journalists’ sources
Spy agencies will now need to secure independent review before searching for journalistic material.
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Journalist questioned by police because car crash reports were so ‘in depth’
Officers said they were asked to investigate by the force press office.
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NI police viewed journalist’s call records to ‘find whistleblower’
Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were previously wrongly arrested and later received damages from police.
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Police Scotland illegally targeted sources after Sunday Mail revealed force’s failings
Investigatory Powers Tribunal upholds protection for journalistic sources.
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The UK Government has admitted that its pre-2016 surveillance regime under which police accessed journalists call records in order to…
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Minister fails to deny police are spying on journalists over diplomatic cables leak
A Home Office minister has refused to deny in Parliament that police have been trawling through journalists’ phone data in…
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Financial Conduct Authority blocks FOI request on its use of spying powers to grab journalists’ sources
The UK’s financial conduct regulator has blocked a freedom of information request by Press Gazette into its use of counter-terrorism…
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