Police chief constable: RIPA should ‘absolutely’ be used to investigate press leaks
A chief constable has defended police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to investigate leaks from forces to…
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Police forces reveal internal emails on why they refused to answer Press Gazette RIPA questions
A police force has said it would not give consideration to whether someone was a journalist when making a Regulation…
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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…
BySociety of Editors backs Clegg’s call for press’ legal right to a public interest defence with laws like RIPA
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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