Why students should stand up for press freedom

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Channel: spiked · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Ciy University journalism student James Walker tells #FreeThePress why Section 40 and Leveson 2 would have a devastating effect on the press's freedom to speak truth to power, and our freedom to read what we like. Respond to the consultation and say NO to Section 40 and Leveson 2: https://freethepress.co.uk/

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