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This guy wants to challenge the validity of the RIPA law in the European court of human rights. Lauri Love, the accused, is a journalist and this strikes at th
by deepnet 11y ago
This guy wants to challenge the validity of the RIPA law in the European court of human rights.
Lauri Love, the accused, is a journalist and this strikes at the heart of the Freedom of The Press.
"It’s a presumption of guilt for random data.” - Lauri Love.
With a neutered Legislature & Compliant Judiciary the fifth estate is the last hope for the balance of powers a healthy Democracy requires.
Arguably the UK government has crossed this line for quite some time, e.g. :
The UK govt physically destroying the Guardian Newspapers computers last year - prompting their exodus to New York.
The harrasment of Glen Greenwald's husband at Gatwick.
The right to remove embarrasing links in google & censor the press, seemingly mostly used by embarrased footballers and malpracticing doctors.
The overuse of D-Notices, notice there is no coverage by the BBC of the recent oil bribery scandal, D-notice !
The shameful & inhuman confinement of the 21st Centuries most important journalist, Julian Assange, to prevent & curtail Wikileaks work exposing secrets.