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UK gov't forced The Guardian to delete all of Snowden's material

mardi 20 août 2013 à 14:00

The UK government forced the Guardian's London office to delete all of Snowden's material, on threat of seizing it.

Fortunately there were copies elsewhere, but this illustrates the fact that the UK and US governments will go to any lengths of lies and abuse to crush journalism that investigates their nastiest secrets.

It won't remain limited to those issues, because the plutocratic state is in cahoots with corporations that endanger our lives, health, and liberty. We have seen the UK thugs help businesses blacklist workers, while in the US, investigating factory farms is now a crime in many states.

These examples demonstrate that the US or UK will use its repressive power against any journalism that business finds annoying — not that different from China.