Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
If we were to give special privilege to journalists, how does Mr. Dooley propose that we would adequately protect all of those in receipt of information or publishing news, especially those employed outside traditional media organisations in the context of the democratisation of information by the Internet? Since 2006, WikiLeaks has dramatically changed the relationship between whistleblowers and the public and the way information is made public.
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