Category: Legislation
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UK watchdog warns that terrorism laws threaten journalists and sources
In his report to the UK Parliament, David Anderson QC writes that the law “has begun to catch people it was never really intended to catch”
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Australia’s new law would criminalise Snowden reporting
Australia introduces a legislative proposal that evokes the US’s Espionage Act, stokes unfounded fears and criminalises journalism in line with a crackdown on whistleblowing
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US ‘Free Flow of Information Act’ targets whistleblowers and independent journalists
The new FFIA bill delegitimises whistleblowers and independent journalists, in a move towards state-sanctioned journalism.