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onymousfrom an international perspective. again, people around the world are on high alert over these issues, and people in the social media true crime genre are... woefully out of step with everyone who cares.
there's also a lot in this article about the greater risks (due to surveillance tech) placed on female journalists, female whistleblowers, and female confidential or anonymous sources. i think we can agree they also exist when you're not even bothering to use any secure tech and are eagerly, publicly outing sources and leakers. i recommend following the link below to read (at least) that section in full. and for context, see this previous entry.
https://www.mediadefence.org/ereader/publications/advanced-modules-on-digital-rights-and-freedom-of-expression-online/module-4-privacy-and-security-online/source-protection-and-the-protection-of-journalistic-materials/
Media Defence provides legal help to journalists, citizen journalists and independent media across the world.
The confidentiality of journalistic sources is central to journalists’ ability to properly investigate stories, and to the protection of individuals and whistleblowers who provide information to them.(1) Efforts to compel the disclosure of sources have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and media freedom and hinder the free flow of information.(2)
In this regard, General Comment No. 34 to the ICCPR provides that states parties “should recognise and respect that element of the right of freedom of expression that embraces the limited journalistic privilege not to disclose sources.” Furthermore, the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa in 2019, which deals with the issue of protection of sources by providing as follows:
“Journalists and other media practitioners shall not be required to reveal confidential sources of information or to disclose other material held for journalistic purposes except where disclosure has been ordered by a court after a full and fair public hearing.”(3)
The Declaration emphasises that this should only take place where the identity of the source is necessary for the investigation or prosecution of a serious crime, where the information can’t be obtained from elsewhere, and whether the public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to freedom of expression.
It is important to note that the protection of sources has acquired new significance in the digital age in the context of the right to privacy of communications as surveillance technologies whose development is justified in terms of national security can be used to target journalists and their confidential sources
there's also a lot in this article about the greater risks (due to surveillance tech) placed on female journalists, female whistleblowers, and female confidential or anonymous sources. i think we can agree they also exist when you're not even bothering to use any secure tech and are eagerly, publicly outing sources and leakers. i recommend following the link below to read (at least) that section in full. and for context, see this previous entry.
https://www.mediadefence.org/ereader/publications/advanced-modules-on-digital-rights-and-freedom-of-expression-online/module-4-privacy-and-security-online/source-protection-and-the-protection-of-journalistic-materials/
Media Defence provides legal help to journalists, citizen journalists and independent media across the world.
The confidentiality of journalistic sources is central to journalists’ ability to properly investigate stories, and to the protection of individuals and whistleblowers who provide information to them.(1) Efforts to compel the disclosure of sources have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and media freedom and hinder the free flow of information.(2)
In this regard, General Comment No. 34 to the ICCPR provides that states parties “should recognise and respect that element of the right of freedom of expression that embraces the limited journalistic privilege not to disclose sources.” Furthermore, the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa in 2019, which deals with the issue of protection of sources by providing as follows:
“Journalists and other media practitioners shall not be required to reveal confidential sources of information or to disclose other material held for journalistic purposes except where disclosure has been ordered by a court after a full and fair public hearing.”(3)
The Declaration emphasises that this should only take place where the identity of the source is necessary for the investigation or prosecution of a serious crime, where the information can’t be obtained from elsewhere, and whether the public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to freedom of expression.
It is important to note that the protection of sources has acquired new significance in the digital age in the context of the right to privacy of communications as surveillance technologies whose development is justified in terms of national security can be used to target journalists and their confidential sources
