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"States also have a positive obligations to protect media freedom, including through the following measures: (...) vii. guaranteeing the right to protect confidential sources of information, including through protection of source-identifying material such as notes and professional archives in different ways, including through the encryption of communications."

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UN (OHCHR), OAS, ACHPR, OSCE: Joint Declaration on Media Independence and Diversity in the Digital Age, para. 1.b.vii

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Joint Declaration on Media Independence and Diversity in the Digital Age

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The right of the media to gather information, including from confidential sources without government interference, should be assured.