14-05-2017 19:56 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Freedom of Information Act document leaks could lead to jail

People who reveal information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act could be jailed under new legal proposals.Responding to the consultation on Law Commission proposals for a new espionage act with more punitive powers, freedom of speech organisations have condemned plans for lowering the threshold for prosecutions.The Campaign for Freedom of Information and the rights group Article 19 fear that the proposals would make it easier to secure convictions by weakening the test for proving an
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