![Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds](https://images.theconversation.com/files/413138/original/file-20210726-21-xlqrkg.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=114%2C17%2C3701%2C2448&q=20&auto=format&w=320&fit=clip&dpr=2&usm=12&cs=strip)
Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds
![Why prosecutors are reluctant to use 'notoriously flaky' Official Secrets Act | Official Secrets Act | The Guardian Why prosecutors are reluctant to use 'notoriously flaky' Official Secrets Act | Official Secrets Act | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/226a9e0e05435f1b91ccd44f6e3b924fa7e9294e/0_200_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=cabb03df985430621af6a0e81be35eb3)
Why prosecutors are reluctant to use 'notoriously flaky' Official Secrets Act | Official Secrets Act | The Guardian
![An Old, Rusting Sign Advises that the Area Ahead is a Prohibited Place Under the UK`s Official Secrets Act Editorial Stock Image - Image of ministry, security: 220850699 An Old, Rusting Sign Advises that the Area Ahead is a Prohibited Place Under the UK`s Official Secrets Act Editorial Stock Image - Image of ministry, security: 220850699](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/old-rusting-sign-advises-area-ahead-prohibited-place-under-uk-s-official-secrets-act-unauthorised-entry-may-220850699.jpg)
An Old, Rusting Sign Advises that the Area Ahead is a Prohibited Place Under the UK`s Official Secrets Act Editorial Stock Image - Image of ministry, security: 220850699
![Warning that Espionage Act could see journalists jailed for receiving information available under FoI - Press Gazette Warning that Espionage Act could see journalists jailed for receiving information available under FoI - Press Gazette](https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2017/05/top-secret-1726360_1920-e1494257873132.jpg)
Warning that Espionage Act could see journalists jailed for receiving information available under FoI - Press Gazette
![Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds • City, University of London Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds • City, University of London](https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/image/0009/623448/varieties/breakpoint-max.jpg)
Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds • City, University of London
![What is the Official Secrets Act and who has been guilty of breaking it? | The Independent | The Independent What is the Official Secrets Act and who has been guilty of breaking it? | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/03/06/21/hacker.jpg)