British police detain journalist Kit Klarenberg, interrogate him about The Grayzone - The Grayzone

During Klarenberg’s detention, police seized the journalist’s electronic devices and SD cards, fingerprinted him, took DNA swabs, and photographed him intensively. They threatened to arrest him if he did not comply.

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EU governments plan ‘blank cheque’ to spy on journalists – Investigate Europe - 2023

France, Germany and the Netherlands are among the governments pushing for an exemption in new EU law which would give states power to monitor journalists’ electronic communications

But in the Council of the EU, where representatives of the 27 EU governments negotiate in camera, the French government demanded that article 4 be reversed. Spying on journalists and the use of spying software against them should indeed be allowed – if justified by “national security”.

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