Background information: Reporter's privilege in the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter%27s_privilege" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter%27s_privilege</a><p>Internationally, United Nations, Council of Europe, and OSCE recognize journalists' right to protect their sources. The European Court of Human Rights has established source protection as essential component of freedom of expression in several cases.
Bit of discussion 6 hours ago [0] (19points, 7 comments) - this is the same text, different syndication.<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39573032">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39573032</a>
I'm a bit torn, it is complicated.<p>A government employee potentially illegally doxxed someone by giving their personal information to a journalist.<p>That someone wants to find out who it was using the only way they know how - asking the journalist who gave them the information.<p>Sources usually deserve protection, but if they were breaking the law and causing harm... is it warranted?<p>Not breaking the law like Snowden for the benefit of all, but to target a specific individual?