Journal Entry #7- WikiLeaks and Whistleblowers

Canada passes law to protect whistleblowers and journalists’ confidential sources

There is finally a new law that will help protect journalists against search warrants and police surveillance. Whistle blowers will no longer be allowed to be punished in Canada for their articles and what they post or write about anymore. This law is a very good thing for journalism because most of the journalists who may have been afraid to "Whistle Blow" i the past because of possible legal issues can now tell the information people deserve to know without having to worry about their own safety. The only way that a police authority can get a search warrant is if they ask a judge and the judge decides that the warrant should be handed out and that the importance of the investigation outweighs protecting a source.

This article and new law that came out in 2016 relates to the documentary we watched last week on WikiLeaks and Whistle blowing. This new law is a good thing because anonymous sources deserve to be protected and should trust they can tell the news that needs to be told without being in horrible legal trouble because of it. I still think WikiLeaks will be relevant in the future even with this new law because some journalists will still be scared of possible loop poles in the new law.

I believe that every journalists should be able to tell the truth if the story deserves to be told. If there is a story that the public needs to know about journalists should not be afraid to write a story because of possible legal allegations coming their way in the future. I know that this law will not be perfect, and it only helps people that are in Canada, but it is a start to protecting journalists. The other countries need to make a new law like this to protect journalists to, but I would be surprised if they did, because governments do not want any bad information about them being passed.

WikiLeaks is a very good website for protecting journalism, and even though it has some issues and some people don't always agree with it, it is still useful. I believe that some things the public just need to know, and the only way we have been able to find this stuff out is by using WikiLeaks up until now. Hopefully this new law works out and makes it easier to figure this stuff out.

https://news.vice.com/story/canada-passes-law-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-journalists-confidential-sources

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