Society warns that provisions in investigatory powers bill granting access to reporters’ data without judicial approval will breach confidentialityJournalists’ sources must be protected from the authorities,the Society of Editors (SoE) has said, after Theresa May announced a host of proposals that would allow access to reporters’ communications data without prior judicial approval.
While the provisions of the draft investigatory powers bill would normally require authorisation for such access to come from both the domestic secretary and a judicial commissioner, or they would also give May the power to sign off urgent requests alone – only submitting the decision to review in retrospect. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com