UK: Protection for journalists must be ensured in changes to the 'Snoopers’ Charter'

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the ruling of the UK Court of Appeal of 30 January 2018 in a case brought by Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson, finding that the UK government’s mass surveillance regime is unlawful.The court found that the powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) were “inconsistent with EU law” as they lacked safeguards such as independent oversight of decisions by pu

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