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Under proposed UK Government reforms to the Official Secrets Act, UK journalists could be jailed for up to 14 years for publishing stories that 'embarrass' the UK Government - that would be pretty much every honest news story about the UK Government then. 🇬🇧
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The Times, 1st March, 2023:
The UK’s proposed national security bill could have a “chilling effect” on investigative journalism because it sets too low a bar on what constitutes spying, the deputy chair of the Telegraph newspapers has warned.
theguardian.com/media/2023/jan…
theguardian.com/media/2023/jan…
Guy Black told the House of Lords that he was concerned the draft legislation could “potentially criminalise” reporters and whistleblowers because it says simply that a crime is committed if it “may materially assist a foreign intelligence service”.
The Conservative peer highlighted a string of investigations that he feared could be at risk, including the #PanamaPapers, published by the Guardian and others, which revealed how the global rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.
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