Snooper's charter could endanger journalists and sources, peers warn
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#1M2WW)
Investigatory powers bill could lead to video shot by reporters being accessed remotely by police or their phone microphones used as a bug, peers say
Peers have issued a serious warning that the government's proposed "snooper's charter" law could endanger journalists and their sources.
The House of Lords heard a strong cross-party plea that greater protection for journalists' sources was needed in Theresa May's investigatory powers bill, which seeks to extend the powers of state surveillance.
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