Anonymous ID: 56eeb7 July 28, 2021, 3:52 p.m. No.14217603   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Official Secrets Act: Do government plans threaten investigative journalism?

 

Boris Johnson has denied that a planned overhaul of the UK's secrecy laws could pose a threat to a free press.

 

In a recent consultation, the Home Office argued the Official Secrets Act should be redrawn to counter modern security threats.

 

But campaign groups and journalists have warned the plans could curtail investigative reporting and threaten whistleblowers.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57998950