The Death of Transparency
UK:
Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has obtained a super-injunction banning the publication of information about him, it has been disclosed on the floor of the House of Commons.
Super-injunctions – under which even reporting the existence of the injunction is banned – are increasingly being used by powerful corporations and wealthy individuals to stop the media from publishing information.
-Shlok
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