German intelligence agencies to be allowed to hack media

NewsUnder a draft law drawn up by the German Interior Ministry the country's domestic and foreign intelligence services are to be allowed to hack into servers, computers and smartphones. The intelligence services would also be empowered to intercept the encrypted communications of publishing companies, radio and television broadcasters and freelance journalists in certain cases, or to covertly search the digital data on their devices, meaning that they could also identify journalistic sources in the process. The results of the research conducted by Reporters Without Borders Germany (RSF Germany)…

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