"[Regarding the controversy over the publication of telephone wiretaps between the top management of Rai and Mediaset] This is not a matter of the private life of an individual, but of the management of a public information body, and therefore the rules of privacy that apply to individual citizens and their private lives cannot be invoked in this case. It would be unthinkable that this material could not be published. Do we want to go back to the Italy of 80 years ago, when fascist censorship was in force and the press was given directives to follow? This is why Article 21 of the Constitution states that journalists cannot be subject to authorization or censorship. And if someone had prevented the publication of these reports, we would be faced with a kind of censorship."
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From an interview of Liana Milella, "Non pubblicare quelle conversazioni sarebbe un ritorno alla censura fascista", la Repubblica; quoted in Senato.it, 23 November 2007
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Gerardo D'Ambrosio
1930 – 2014
Gerardo D'Ambrosio (1930-2014) was an Italian magistrate and politician.
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