Finding set to have significant implications for the use of covertly recorded footage by media outlets to expose wrongdoing
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A court case attempting to thwart animal activists from sharing covertly recorded acts of alleged animal cruelty has profound and grave consequences for press freedom, the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom’s Peter Greste has warned.
The high court is now considering a landmark battle over the use of video footage collected by the Farm Transparency Project, a group of activists known for breaking into abattoirs and installing covert cameras.