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I recall when GCHQ forced The Guardian to destroy hard drives containing materials leaked by Snowden: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-re

I recall when GCHQ forced The Guardian to destroy hard drives containing materials leaked by Snowden: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-released-guardian-editors-snowden-hard-drives-gchq https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-rele.... Giving intelligence agencies more power over the media and speech is an alarming idea.

bananapear 6y ago
GCHQ apparently forced them to destroy several laptops using an angle grinder (video in the link) while agents watched. Really wouldn’t fancy breathing in all the dust/fumes created, likely full of heavy metals.