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#jail4journalists is back:
The briefing points to the Official Secrets review by @Law_Commission which was considering making it illegal to receive or handle leaked docs
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
The briefing points to the Official Secrets review by @Law_Commission which was considering making it illegal to receive or handle leaked docs
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
@Law_Commission So that's vague I grant you. But criminalising journalism ("updating the Official Secrets Act for the digital age") was the heart of that review.
It's back—#jail4journalists under a new UK Espionage Act: theregister.co.uk/2019/05/20/esp…
@sajidjavid proposes criminal sanctions for whistleblowers / @theguardian journalists to stop any future @Snowden
@sajidjavid proposes criminal sanctions for whistleblowers / @theguardian journalists to stop any future @Snowden
23,000 of us signed an ORG petition against this a couple of years back:
openrightsgroup.org/blog/2017/org-…
openrightsgroup.org/blog/2017/org-…
» @OpenRightsGroup also wrote a very comprehensive report explaining why criminalising whistleblowers is a bad idea.
openrightsgroup.org/about/reports/…
We worked with @NUJofficial @IndexCensorship @article19org @bbw1984 and others against this
openrightsgroup.org/about/reports/…
We worked with @NUJofficial @IndexCensorship @article19org @bbw1984 and others against this
