A former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, has won £20,000 after a tribunal ruled MI5 and the PSNI illegally accessed his phone data for seven years—spying on his contacts, car, and family to hunt down sources while he covered Northern Ireland’s home affairs. The court’s decision, hailed by Kearney as a victory for journalism, affirmed that protecting reporters’ confidentiality is vital for public accountability. The PSNI chief apologized and pledged reforms, even as an earlier review found such surveillance wasn’t universal—but this ruling sends a powerful message: journalists’ privacy must be defended.
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