Press shut out of Home Office’s Snoopers’ Charter Apple encryption tribunal
Requests to make representations by a group including the BBC, Daily Mail, Guardian and Times have so far been ignored.
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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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High Court to review bulk collection of journalists’ data by UK law enforcement
The High Court will re-examine journalistic safeguards in one part of the Investigatory Powers Act.
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Parts of ‘Snoopers Charter’ ruled ‘unlawful’ by High Court judges
The High Court has ruled that parts of the Investigatory Powers Act, dubbed the “Snoopers Charter”, must be amended as…
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Six-week consultation starts on new rules which allow UK state to spy on journalists and their sources
Ministers have begun consulting on new surveillance powers which include the right to grab information in order to identify journalists’…
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Surveillance bill described as ‘death sentence for investigative journalism’ becomes UK law
A surveillance bill which has been described as a “death sentence for investigative journalism in the UK” will today receive…
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The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill meaning that is likely to be in force in a…
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Second Lords bid to impose phone-hacking case cost penalties on the press is rejected by House of Commons
The Government has refused to budge over its proposed new surveillance powers by rejecting for a second time amendments from…
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