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Type of site | News and investigative journalism |
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| Founder(s) | |
| Editor | Mark Curtis |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2019 |
| Current status | Active |
Declassified UK is an investigative journalism and media organisation founded in 2019 by Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis. It describes itself as "the leading media organisation uncovering the UK's role in the world."[1] Curtis is an established author on UK foreign and aid policy, and Kennard is a journalist who formerly worked at the Financial Times and wrote for numerous other newspapers.
After Declassified UK had published articles relating to the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry refused to engage or provide further comment to the news organisation. This effective blacklisting in September 2020 led the Council of Europe to issue a media freedom alert for the UK. The UK government only intervened to reverse the blacklisting after Declassified UK threatened legal action in the matter.[2]
Declassified UK has been regulated by IMPRESS since June 2021.[3]
- ^ "About Declassified UK". Declassified UK. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Declassified UK staff (22 September 2020). "Government apologises to Declassified UK as defence minister orders independent review into blacklisting". Declassified UK. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Declassified UK". IMPRESS.