Canadian court forces VICE to reveal journalist's confidential correspondence after four-year legal battle

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the Ontario Superior Court’s ruling that VICE must turn over journalist Ben Makuch's confidential correspondence with a source – a move that will undermine journalistic source protection in Canada for years to come.After four years of legal turmoil, VICE has resigned itself to divulging national security reporter Ben Makuch's protected correspondence with his late source ISIS fighter

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