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Aid for Gaza


Journalists in Gaza need your help to do their job in desperate circumstances. Te IFJ is


supplying vital equipment and aid. Please donate to its safety fund.


Branches can email jackiec@nuj. org to transfer funds from their management allowances.


DONATE NOW In a surprising decision by the


Labour government, the Home Office issued a Technical Capability Notice to technology company Apple, seeking access to its end-to-end encrypted data. Due to the nature of safeguards in place, the tech giant was unable to access data and could only have done so by creating a loophole of sorts, enabling it to bypass the security protections promised to its users. Following receipt of the notice, Apple announced it would no longer provide Advance Data Protection (ADP) for its UK users. We were vocal in our concerns over the impact the removal of ADP would have on journalists seeking to protect sources. The knowledge that data from key applications including images and voice memos stored in the cloud had enhanced protection, was welcomed by journalists. How UK authorities could not have foreseen the move by Apple is difficult to imagine, when the tech giant’s position on encryption has been so well recorded. As many of you know, I represent the NUJ on the UK government’s National Committee for the Safety of Journalists where I call for improved funding including on action to improve journalists’ safety. Government cannot give with one hand through engagement and indirectly take with another by issuing notices that could lead to increased risks to journalists, whilst emboldening criminals who seek to deploy spyware.


Press Freedom


Te NUJ lobbies for journalists’ rights so you can protect your sources, have editorial independence and do your job safely and freely, without censorship from the state. As a member of the International Federation of Journalists we are part of a 600,000-strong community working to ensure the safety of media workers across the globe, fighting for freedom of information, open government and plurality of the media.


Are you keeping good company? Join the NUJ today at


nuj.org.uk/join Following news the Investigatory


Powers Tribunal was holding a closed hearing to discuss Apple, we hoped to join organisations in a collective submission seeking an open hearing. On industrial matters, members at the BBC were very unhappy to hear of further cuts at the broadcaster, this time


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at the World Service. Over 130 roles in the UK and overseas will be cut in the move to close the £6m shortfall caused by the freezing of the licence fee. The slicing of the BBC is unsustainable and poses long-term harm to its programmes trusted by audiences. Read more on page 6 over the top team quizzed.


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