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He was under 24 surveillance orders, for an investigation on police planting false evidence. His phone's location was shared, as well as the time and recipient/

by dmbche 3y ago

He was under 24 surveillance orders, for an investigation on police planting false evidence. His phone's location was shared, as well as the time and recipient/caller of all calls and texts. Journalists are protected in the canadian law and are not forced to share their sources, unless a court of law decides it's in the public interest (bit more to it than that, but that's the gist). The SPVM didn't care. Horryfing

kevviiinn 3y ago
Par for the course in most countries it seems. Including the US
- pessimizer 3y ago
  It's a recent backslide in norms, pioneered by a Nobel Peace Price winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-ass... > The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers. > On Friday, Justice Department officials revealed that they had been going through The A.P.’s records for months. The dragnet covered work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 people at one of the oldest and most reputable news organizations. James Cole, a deputy attorney general, offered no further explanation on Tuesday, saying only that it was part of a “criminal investigation involving highly classified material” from early 2012.
  - dmbche 3y ago
    Was not aware of that - that's absolutely nuts. Thank you for the link - and on-topic username!
  - MichaelZuo 3y ago
    Did A.P. ever followup? It's hard to believe they just let it slide.
hulitu 3y ago
> Journalists are protected in the canadian law But Canada is a democracy so the law applies to fit the rullers. /s And look how good it scores on the Freedom of the press index.

by dmbche 3y ago

kevviiinn 3y ago

Par for the course in most countries it seems. Including the US

pessimizer 3y ago
It's a recent backslide in norms, pioneered by a Nobel Peace Price winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-ass... > The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers. > On Friday, Justice Department officials revealed that they had been going through The A.P.’s records for months. The dragnet covered work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 people at one of the oldest and most reputable news organizations. James Cole, a deputy attorney general, offered no further explanation on Tuesday, saying only that it was part of a “criminal investigation involving highly classified material” from early 2012.
- dmbche 3y ago
  Was not aware of that - that's absolutely nuts. Thank you for the link - and on-topic username!
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  Did A.P. ever followup? It's hard to believe they just let it slide.

hulitu 3y ago

> Journalists are protected in the canadian law But Canada is a democracy so the law applies to fit the rullers. /s And look how good it scores on the Freedom of the press index.