UK Judge Says Accurate Journalism Is An Invasion Of Privacy In Cliff Richard Case
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180721/13382140283/uk-judge-says-accurate-journalism-is-invasion-privacy-cliff-richard-case.shtml
Time for another reminder that the UK is not some sort of America analogue -- one that favors pomp and circumstance to opinionated bumper stickers and stabbings to shootings. The UK government may say nice things about free speech, but when it all comes down to it, its citizens might as well be colony residents still seeking to break free from the Kingdom's confines.
Sir Cliff Richard has just won a lawsuit against the BBC, securing a large payout from the journalistic entity for its outrageous act of journalism. Eriq Gardner of The Hollywood Reporter has the details.