View Full Version : MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks
The Brits have had the power to censor ALL NEWS for years. They call it the "D" notice and have invoked it because of Snowden’s revelations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/defence-d-bbc-media-censor-surveillance-security
D Notice:
A DA-Notice or Defence(sic) Advisory Notice or Defence(sic) Notice or D-Notice is an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security.
barry & the bozo's are probably going to try to implement something similar..
:munchin
PedOncoDoc
06-21-2013, 05:51
The Brits have had the power to censor ALL NEWS for years. They call it the "D" notice and have invoked it because of Snowden’s revelations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/defence-d-bbc-media-censor-surveillance-security
barry & the bozo's are probably going to try to implement something similar..
:munchin
They may try, but the media would only turn more against them, citing their 1st amendment rights. The news doesn't care about ethics, national security or responsibility - they care about selling papers and TV ratings.
They may try, but the media would only turn more against them, citing their 1st amendment rights. The news doesn't care about ethics, national security or responsibility - they care about selling papers and TV ratings.
There is no 1st Amendment in the UK and Parliament is the only place where the closest thing to such a concept exists there.
Under Section 5 (Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence) of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 (last revised in 1989), the UK does have the authority to take such actions against the media - even though such a move would probably prove very unpopular after the Tomlinson affair and the eventual publishing of "The Big Breach."
When I was doing research on individual "rights" and the Diplock Courts in Northern Ireland, I came to realize how important that 1st Amendment to the US Constitution really is and how tenuous such a "right" can be without it.
Richard
ddoering
06-21-2013, 07:08
They don't have 2d amendment rights either..... I guess our founding fathers were forward thinking/looking guys after all.
PedOncoDoc
06-21-2013, 11:39
There is no 1st Amendment in the UK and Parliament is the only place where the closest thing to such a concept exists there.
Under Section 5 (Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence) of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 (last revised in 1989), the UK does have the authority to take such actions against the media - even though such a move would probably prove very unpopular after the Tomlinson affair and the eventual publishing of "The Big Breach."
When I was doing research on individual "rights" and the Diplock Courts in Northern Ireland, I came to realize how important that 1st Amendment to the US Constitution really is and how tenuous such a "right" can be without it.
Richard
My apologies for the lack of clarity - the "they" I was referring to were "barry & the bozos" from the OP.
Thanks for the quick lesson on media control across the pond.