I don't really like the framing that the reporter is framed for using "view source". This reinforces the idea that the people responsible for this are just uneducated. I'm sure, at this point, someone already explained them.
That reporter is a victim of harassment, and that if it wasn't for "view source", it could be for some unrelated stuff. It's the same as protesters being arrested for all kinds of bogus reasons, or random people being arrested with planted evidence. The goal is to deter someone you don't like from exercising their legal right (journalism, protesting, standing in the street in the wrong neighbourhood), by weaponizing unrelated laws.
The only reason "view source" is being talked about is because that looked like the best case when the book was thrown at that journalist.
I hope that case remains at threats and doesn't get to actual charges.
That reporter is a victim of harassment, and that if it wasn't for "view source", it could be for some unrelated stuff. It's the same as protesters being arrested for all kinds of bogus reasons, or random people being arrested with planted evidence. The goal is to deter someone you don't like from exercising their legal right (journalism, protesting, standing in the street in the wrong neighbourhood), by weaponizing unrelated laws.
The only reason "view source" is being talked about is because that looked like the best case when the book was thrown at that journalist.
I hope that case remains at threats and doesn't get to actual charges.