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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170302-174736 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-guardian-does-not-appear-intimidated-on-freedom-of-the-press-in-the-uk/ “The Guardian does not appear intimidated”: On Freedom of the Press in the UK Phillipson, Gavin ger 2013-08-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In Germany, a lot of people were rather shocked about last week’s news of the British government cracking down on the Guardian to have them destroy their Snowden hard drives. That seemed to be a full-blown attack on the freedom of the press, perhaps even more so than the arrest of David Miranda the day before. Some commentators have even compared the case to our own Spiegel affair back in the 60s. Do you think there is reason for concern as to the state of freedom of the press in the UK? Gavin Phillipson, constitutional lawyer from Durham, explains why the government is more afraid of the press in the UK than the press of the government.