#DontSpyJournos: ECPMF supports campaign against new German Intelligence Service law
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom supports an international campaign which aims to protect non-EU journalists against mass surveillance by the German Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND). Coordinated by Reporters without Borders (RSF), different German and international media freedom and human rights organisations jointly speak out to stop the current draft of the law. The draft which is at present discussed by the German Bundestag would allow the wiretapping of foreign journalists and other professionals trusted with secret information (e.g. doctors) when this serves the political interest of the German state. With a joint petition, an amendment…
