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UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk

UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk

May 3, 2017 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Journalism, News media, Privacy, Surveillance

In this guest post for World Press Freedom Day, Julie Posetti at the University of Wollongong, analyses how mass surveillance and data retention regimes are threatening journalists’ sources. Her new UNESCO report explores similar themes to the Information Law...
UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk

Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources

Feb 27, 2017 | Access to information, Freedom of expression, ILPC Research and Publications, Internet regulation, News media

By Judith Townend, University of Sussex and Richard Danbury, De Montfort University Donald Trump has declared war on anonymous sources and wants to ban their use by journalists. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 24, he...
ILPC launches new report: ‘Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age’

ILPC launches new report: ‘Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age’

Feb 22, 2017 | Fairness, Freedom of expression, Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Journalism, News media

The emergence of an everyday digital culture and the increasing use of legal instruments by state actors to collect and access communications data has led to growing concern about the protection of journalistic sources and whistleblowers. With the support of Guardian...
UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk

Addressing the challenge of anonymous sources in the digital age

Jul 7, 2016 | Access to information, Ethics, Freedom of information, Journalism, News media, Privacy

Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, research assistant at the Information Law and Policy Centre, reports from the launch of a new book by Eric Barendt, Emeritus Professor of Media Law at UCL, on anonymous speech in the context of literature, law and politics. On 28 June,...

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