Press Gazette lodges legal challenge to breach police wall of silence over use of RIPA against journalists
Press Gazette has formally challenged the police refusal to disclose information about the seizure of journalistic phone records. A team…
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New legal protections for media sources may be illusory: Why journalists and lawyers should unite to fight for confidentiality
Two QCs specialising in surveillance and privacy warn that new government protections for journalists' sources may prove to be "illusory"…
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Warning from media lawyers that journalists’ sources are still at risk from police records grabs
Media lawyers have praised the impact of Press Gazette's Save Our Sources campaign – but warned that the law changes…
By Press Gazette wins runner-up prize at British Media Awards for Save Our Sources campaign
Press Gazette won the runner-up prize in the campaign of the year category at last night’s British Media Awards for…
By Elveden police ask judge for journalists’ call records in legal first after Save Our Sources law
Legal history was made today after officers from the Metropolitan Police applied to a judge to view two journalists’ phone…
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Cleared former Mirror reporter on Murdoch sources ‘betrayal’ and police ‘assault’ on public interest journalism
Cleared former Mirror journalist Greig Box-Turnbull has condemned Rupert Murdoch's "betrayal" of journalists' sources and a police "assault" on public…
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Sun launches SecureDrop service to give whistleblowers – ‘the unsung heroes of a free society’ – ‘total anonymity’
The Sun has today launched a new online system offering whistleblowers "total anonymity". In an article today, headlined "The Whistleblowers'…
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Conservative manifesto pledges protection for journalists under bill of rights and makes no Leveson commitments
The Conservative Party has pledged to offer journalists “explicit protection” under the British Bill of Rights, which it wants to…
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