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It is not data protection to ask journalists to seek prior consent of a subject for publication of an investigative story, it is a censorship system that is backed by law. Consider sending a form of consent to a corrupt official or scammer seeking Do you mind if we publish an expose regarding your private assets If media needs to seek consent from data principals before reporting any news, investigative journalism becomes non-existent. The fact that previous drafts of the bill did not include any exemption for newsgathering but it was later deleted speaks volumes about the intent.

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