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The reason for the lack of reporting in the UK media is the reporting restrictions on criminal cases. they have been spanked repeatedly for coverage leading to
by seanhunter 6y ago
The reason for the lack of reporting in the UK media is the reporting restrictions on criminal cases. they have been spanked repeatedly for coverage leading to jury prejudice and so basically blanket ban any coverage of any ongoing criminal case for the most part. Rules are here https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reporting-restrictions-guide-may-2016-2.pdf https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reportin...
I don't have a credible opinion about whether that's right but that's the reason.
- matthewheath 6y agoThe extradition hearing is an administrative matter, not a criminal one. Julian Assange isn't being prosecuted in this matter, the case is simply establishing whether he can be extradited in accordance with the Extradition Act 2003 or not. Therefore, reporting restrictions do not appear to apply here.
- seanhunter 6y agoAah interesting. This source claims that reporting restrictions were requested by Assange's team to protect the identity of his partner back in April, but that seems somewhat moot now. I don't know - there may well be a restriction because it does seem strange how little reporting there has been. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481299/Judge-refuses-to-delay-Assanges-extradition-hearing-over-coronavirus-pandemic https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481299/Judge-refuses-... For people who don't know the UK, Computer Weekly is an IT-specific publication but has some form in investigative journalism in topics that are at least tangentially tech-related, notably in one case vindicating helicopter pilots who were blamed in a fatal crash that was most likely caused by software.