Verkkorestrictive national implementations of the gdpr’s journalistic exemption and a growing incidence of gdpr litigation and enforcement against. Verkkothis paper reviews the democratic imperatives fulfilled by public interest journalism which justify such developments; And seeks to demonstrate. Verkkothe ideal goal of traditional journalism has been to make power accountable: To keep ordinary citizens apprised of what government is doing, and how it affects them both. Verkkoclassical liberalism, ever skeptical about the trustworthiness of government and powerful leaders, advocates that journalists should be watchdogs of the public.
