Re:Governments are using charges of cybercrime to silence jo...
by oliwarner on Friday February 21, 2020 @09:30AM
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There has to be a balance, and that balance has to be continually tested in the courts.
So on the face of it, I do think it's appropriate that journalists get charged when they commit a crime. Let a high court decide if indeed the public interest did outweigh the law, or somebody's privacy, or whatever. You can't codify it.
Some will call that a chilling effect, or harassment, but how else do you reliably test things like this?
So on the face of it, I do think it's appropriate that journalists get charged when they commit a crime. Let a high court decide if indeed the public interest did outweigh the law, or somebody's privacy, or whatever. You can't codify it.
Some will call that a chilling effect, or harassment, but how else do you reliably test things like this?