The EU's new data retention law risks helping governments snoop on reporters' contacts in the name of combating terror, leading journalists warned justice commissioner Franco Frattini in Brussels on Tuesday (25 April).
"The directive has serious implications for protection of sources," Germany's Stern magazine reporter Hans-Martin Tillack said at a debate on press freedom. "Protection of sources is the basis of journalistic work everywhere in the free world."
The data retention b...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.