David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face
The Guardian shifted from a .co.uk to a .com <i>very</i> recently (~10-14 days ago), now showing content with a /uk subdomain. I wonder how much of that decision was based around the pressure they've been put under by the UK government. I imagine it's been a considered change for a while, but if you're starting to get concerned about journalistic freedom in the UK moving your reporting outside of it gives you a little wiggle room. Not sure how well it'll play long term, so we'll see.<p>It's sickening seeing how far the UK government is going to persecute journalists for exposing the surveillance state that's been created over the last decade. Pulling journalists partners in for questioning as a terrorist, forcing destruction of uncomfortable evidence? All in the name of protecting us from another round of terrorism, when really there's been significantly fewer terrorist incidents in the last 10 years than in the 10 before.<p>Edit: a quick traceroute shows that The Guardian seems to have it's servers for the .com outside the UK, and guardian.co.uk is/was located in London.