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UK Courts Order Deletion of Journalist Access Platform

UK Courts Order Deletion of Journalist Access Platform

UK Courts Order Deletion of Journalist Access Platform
Above: The HM Court & Tribunals Service in London, U.K., in January 2024. Image credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

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Modernizing court technology protects the justice system from catastrophic failure and ensures reliable service delivery. Moving 37 applications from 2,500 pieces of outdated hardware to secure cloud platforms eliminates single points of failure that threatened to disrupt essential court services. Digital tools empower judges, lawyers and clerks to work more efficiently while maintaining data security and enabling continuous improvement.

Destroying the Courtsdesk archive eliminates evidence of systemic court failures rather than fixing them. The platform exposed that 1.6 million hearings had no press notice and official listings matched reality only 4.2% of the time. Ordering deletion after journalists used this data to report on grooming gangs and other cases shows institutions hide accountability when transparency becomes politically inconvenient.


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