Proposed UK data protection bill poses a threat to investigative journalism
By Emil Weber
Media representatives and experts are criticising a new data protection bill being discussed in the UK Parliament for it is a possible threat to investigative journalism.
The British Parliament in London
The bill entered the UK Parliament on 14 September 2017. Its second reading at the House of Lords took place on November 22. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the bill amongst other things provides details on how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enters into force on May 1st 2018, is applied in the UK.
At the centre of criticism are the proposed increased powers…
