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| Dominic Mohan faces MPs and peers; PIs and mobile firms at Leveson inquiry | Dominic Mohan faces MPs and peers; PIs and mobile firms at Leveson inquiry |
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| 10.46am: Caseby says he would like parliament to have a go at better defining the public interest with regards to privacy law. | |
| He says that public interest in the PCC code reflects current mood is "tremendously flexible", compared to the "three-ton sloth" of statute. | |
| 10.42am: Our media reporter Lisa O'Carroll has this update from the Leveson inquiry: | |
| #leveson all three mobile phone execs say no customer service staff have access to info showing location of phone. | |
| — lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) February 2, 2012 | |
| 10.41am: Ben Fenton, the FT's media correspondent, has just tweeted: | |
| Caseby:There is legal software for £5K with 50m UK phone numbers 14m mobiles. 10m ex-directory numbers. A disconnection. #privacy | |
| — Ben Fenton (@benfenton) February 2, 2012 | |
| 10.39am: Caseby talks about modern technology and says that "the world is moving under people's feet" with regarding privacy. | |
| He moves on to ex-directory telephone numbers, saying there is a "disconnection" between the outrage over journalists discovering ex-directory numbers while people are using modern technology to upload details about their private life. | |
| "We are arguing about how are we going to stop this horse and cart when people are whizzing by in a Model T Ford," he says. | |
| 10.37am: Walford tells the committee that the high court is the best place to decide issues relating to privacy. | |
| "To me it is the court's decision … as a lawyer I do have trust in the courts and in the judges," he says. | |
| He welcomes Rio Ferdinand losing his "kiss and tell" privacy case against the Sunday Mirror and says it proves there is a public interest defence for tabloid newspapers. | |
| 10.32am: Caseby says there is a public interest in freedom of expression itself. | |
| Mohan adds that the public interest is "impossible to define", even with guidance from the PCC code. He says it has to be defined on a case by case basis – and will not be decided by the Leveson inquiry. | |
| Caseby contrasts the public interest on stories in the Sun from the Sunday Times, his former newspaper. "It's not the definition [of the public interest], it's the kind of stories you're doing," he says. | |
| "Hypocrisy" provides a public interest for certain stories, Caseby says, mentioning stories about footballers who had spoken widely about their private life in newspapers. | |
| Rio Ferdinand talked in interviews and on Twitter about how he was happily married – when this got to court judge ruled that he was being hypocritical, Caseby says. | |
| 10.27am: The inquiry is under way. | |
| Sun editor Dominic Mohan, News Group Newspapers group managing editor Richard Caseby and deputy legal manager Justin Walford are asked about the balance between privacy and freedom of expression. | |
| Mohan says that "freedom of expression carries a very very heavy weight" but that it has "moved in favour of privacy". | |
| He says he is concerned about injunctions and raises Fred Goodwin's gagging order against the Sun from last year. | |
| "Sexual behaviour can affect decision-making. It can affect judgment," Mohan says. "That was an example where privacy heavily outweighed freedom of expression." | |
| He adds that any statutory involvement in this is the "thin end of the wedge" and "very very dangerous". | |
| 10.21am: Teh Guardian's Dan Sabbagh has just tweeted: | |
| Long loiter outside parliamentary ctte room waiting for Sun editor to give evidence. Mohan in conversation w Tom Newton Dunn | |
| — Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) February 2, 2012 | |
| 10.20am: While we're waiting, Reuters has just published an analysis piece, headed: "Inside Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper cleanup operation". | |
| You can read the full story here. | |
| 9.57am: The Metropolitan police is investigating alleged email hacking at the Times, in response to a letter from the Labour MP Tom Watson. | 9.57am: The Metropolitan police is investigating alleged email hacking at the Times, in response to a letter from the Labour MP Tom Watson. |
| Officers from Operation Tuleta, which is investigating breaches of privacy involving computers, are in contact with the MP in relation to "specific issues" he wishes to raise, Scotland Yard confirmed on Thursday. | Officers from Operation Tuleta, which is investigating breaches of privacy involving computers, are in contact with the MP in relation to "specific issues" he wishes to raise, Scotland Yard confirmed on Thursday. |
| Watson wrote to the Met's deputy assistant commissioner, Sue Akers, on 23 January asking the force to investigate allegations of email hacking at the News International paper. | Watson wrote to the Met's deputy assistant commissioner, Sue Akers, on 23 January asking the force to investigate allegations of email hacking at the News International paper. |
| The Met said in a statement: "We can confirm that a letter was received on Monday 23 January, from MP Tom Watson. | The Met said in a statement: "We can confirm that a letter was received on Monday 23 January, from MP Tom Watson. |
| "Officers from Operation Tuleta are in contact with Mr Watson in relation to specific issues he wishes to raise. We are not prepared to give a running commentary on the Operation Tuleta investigation." | "Officers from Operation Tuleta are in contact with Mr Watson in relation to specific issues he wishes to raise. We are not prepared to give a running commentary on the Operation Tuleta investigation." |
| You can read the full story here. | You can read the full story here. |
| 9.55am: Dan Sabbagh has just tweeted that Dominic Mohan has been recalled to give more evidence to the Leveson inquiry. | 9.55am: Dan Sabbagh has just tweeted that Dominic Mohan has been recalled to give more evidence to the Leveson inquiry. |
| Dominic Mohan, Sun editor, has been recalled to Leveson Inquiry to give more evidence. Mohan also before MPs + peers this am | Dominic Mohan, Sun editor, has been recalled to Leveson Inquiry to give more evidence. Mohan also before MPs + peers this am |
| — Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) February 2, 2012 | — Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) February 2, 2012 |
| 9.51am: Good morning and welcome to the joint Leveson and Westminster live blog. | 9.51am: Good morning and welcome to the joint Leveson and Westminster live blog. |
| This morning the live blog will be centred on the Sun editor, Dominic Mohan, who is giving evidence to a parliamentary committee on privacy and injunctions. Mohan will appear at 10.15am alongside Richard Caseby, managing editor of the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers, and Justin Walford, legal manager of News Group Newspapers. | This morning the live blog will be centred on the Sun editor, Dominic Mohan, who is giving evidence to a parliamentary committee on privacy and injunctions. Mohan will appear at 10.15am alongside Richard Caseby, managing editor of the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers, and Justin Walford, legal manager of News Group Newspapers. |
| Lord Hunt, the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), is also giving evidence to the join Commons and Lords committee. | Lord Hunt, the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), is also giving evidence to the join Commons and Lords committee. |
| We will have coverage from the Leveson inquiry, where bosses from the major mobile networks – including O2, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere – will give evidence on voicemail interception. private investigators industry will also appear. | We will have coverage from the Leveson inquiry, where bosses from the major mobile networks – including O2, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere – will give evidence on voicemail interception. private investigators industry will also appear. |
| Our roving media correspondent, Lisa O'Carroll, is at the high court for the Leveson inquiry. You can follow her on Twitter at @lisaocarroll. Dan Sabbagh, our head of media, is in Westminster for the Sun's appearance before the privacy and injunctions committee. He is on Twitter at @dansabbagh. | Our roving media correspondent, Lisa O'Carroll, is at the high court for the Leveson inquiry. You can follow her on Twitter at @lisaocarroll. Dan Sabbagh, our head of media, is in Westminster for the Sun's appearance before the privacy and injunctions committee. He is on Twitter at @dansabbagh. |