MPs back motion calling for action to stop police using RIPA to find journalists’ sources
A dozen MPs have so far supported a motion expressing concern over police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers…
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DPP Saunders defends police spying on phone records of Sun and Mail on Sunday
The Director of Public Prosecutions has defended police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act against The Sun and…
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Theresa May promises action to curb RIPA spying on journalists and extended periods on police bail
Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce a review today of whether to introduce a statutory time limit on…
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‘RIPA should not be used to interfere with normal activities of journalists,’ Blunkett tells MPs
Police should not use eavesdropping powers to interfere with the work of journalists, former home secretary David Blunkett (pictured, Reuters)…
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Fourth police force used RIPA against journalist, to bug reporter’s car, and it also seized agency phone records
A police force used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to bug a journalist's car – but has denied using…
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Met unable to search RIPA database for ‘journalist’ but reveals 300,000 applications in five years
The Metropolitan Police processed nearly 300,000 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act applications over a five-year period. But the force, which…
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Success in sight for Press Gazette Save Our Sources campaign as Home Office promises new RIPA controls
The Home Office has said that measures could be in place before Christmas to stop police spying on the phone…
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RIPA scandal hits regionals as third police force admits seizing journalist’s phone records to find source
Suffolk Police has become the third force to admit using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to obtain a journalist's…
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