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JOURNALISTS hit out yesterday at the Met’s use of anti-terror laws to seize a Newsnight reporter’s laptop.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said the Met’s grabbing of Secunder Kermani’s computer had a “chilling effect on press freedom.”
Police obtained an order from a judge under the Terrorism Act after Mr Kermani, who has reported extensively on British-born jihadists, produced a BBC Newsnight report featuring an individual who identified as a member of Islamic State (Isis).
US Justice Department says the ‘reporters are not the targets, those leaking classified information are’. But media freedom advocates warn that Trump's ‘war on the press is looking for another victim’
JOHN GREEN has doubts about the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act, once trumpeted by Tony Blair
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI