With the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act last year state authorities gained unprecedented powers to snoop on journalists – powers that they have a long track record of abusing.  Tim Dawson, president of the National Union of Journalists and chair of the International Federation of Journalists Surveillance of Journalists Expert Group will guide participants through the state of the legislation and the best techniques to protect journalistic communications.

Tim Dawson, President of the NUJ, will be running the workshop