{"id":2568864,"date":"2026-02-11T16:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-govt-orders-complete-deletion-of-only-system-that-lets-reporters-monitor-court-actions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:03:02","slug":"alert-govt-orders-complete-deletion-of-only-system-that-lets-reporters-monitor-court-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-govt-orders-complete-deletion-of-only-system-that-lets-reporters-monitor-court-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Gov&#8217;t Orders Complete Deletion of Only System That Lets Reporters Monitor Court Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falert-govt-orders-complete-deletion-of-only-system-that-lets-reporters-monitor-court-actions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article argues that Western governments, led by European authorities, are undermining open justice by ordering the deletion of a large court-records archive maintained by Courtsdesk, which journalists rely on to cover the criminal courts. It quotes Courtsdesk chief executive Enda Leahy lamenting that the archive was superior to the government\u2019s own records and noting a history of limited transparency in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >official court data<\/a>. The UK ministry of Justice\u2019s deletion order is framed as a \u201cdata protection issue,\u201d and the piece suggests the government offered little in the way of dialog or alternative solutions. The article invokes elon Musk and references to George Orwell to frame the move as a step toward censorship and authoritarianism, implying that open scrutiny of the judiciary is being suppressed. it situates the archive\u2019s origin in 2021 and argues that such actions reflect a broader erosion of Western citizens\u2019 freedom and the right to press access to justice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Western governments, led by the tyrannical Europeans, seem bent on provoking their own native populations into open rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>If you doubt this, ask yourself the following question: When did Western elites last make a major decision that either erred on the side of freedom or benefited their own citizens?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/law\/article\/moj-orders-deletion-of-uks-largest-court-reporting-archive-27f5zcbb7?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfwg8wrHNi7fDxNoCM5eQ057hHeaxY5bHgyX1_DDueJiXNFH9JYhoN_w_zcLmc%3D&amp;gaa_ts=698c43e3&amp;gaa_sig=ABVQ4GOgvaTFQVE1rsHbTx-O5LHNHe6OjERQSIhEkQlId24Bn0MNkf-Bynp37AoS03ZzTVEX7HSoLEXM1gPo_A%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of London<\/a>, the U.K.&rsquo;s ironically-named Ministry of Justice has ordered the deletion of an enormous court-records archive relied on by journalists who cover that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-locks-citizens-speech-jimmy-kimmel-s-christmas-message-trumps-called-fascism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fast-deteriorating country&rsquo;s<\/a> justice system.<\/p>\n<p>The data analysis company Courtsdesk maintains the archive.<\/p>\n<p>Enda Leahy, Courtsdesk chief executive, bemoaned the decision while noting the archive&rsquo;s clear superiority to the records the government maintained.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>(Inefficiency, incompetence, and opaqueness inside government? Perish the thought!)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We built the only system that could tell journalists what was actually happening in the criminal courts,&rdquo; Leahy said, adding that the government records &ldquo;were accurate 4.2 per cent of the time&rdquo; and &ldquo;1.6 million cases were heard without any advance notice to the press.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, government officials displayed their usual haughtiness in dealing with Courtsdesk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We wrote 16 times asking for dialogue,&rdquo; Leahy continued. &ldquo;Last week we got our answer: delete everything. If the government were interested in open justice, they would engage in a dialogue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed they would.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, what government agency&nbsp;<em>ever&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-allies-worked-for-group-with-close-ties-to-chinese-communist-party\/\" title=\"Top Biden Allies Worked for Group With Close Ties to Chinese Communist Party\">seeks open dialogue<\/a> with the nation&rsquo;s supposedly sovereign citizens?<\/p>\n<p>In a November cessation notice, the government told Courtsdesk that the deletion order amounted to a &ldquo;data protection issue.&rdquo; When the company proposed alternatives, and when journalists sought explanations, the government took no action and made no further comments.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the U.K. government has given the strong impression that it wishes to insulate its judges from scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The UK has become Orwell&rsquo;s worst nightmare,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musks-ai-company-confirms-deal-war-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> wrote on X, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Know...ge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The UK has become Orwell&rsquo;s worst nightmare <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D9fQQaX1va\">https:\/\/t.co\/D9fQQaX1va<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2021201066612883737?\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The project that resulted in the Courtsdesk archive originated in 2021, according to The Times. In the pantheon of British liberty, therefore, it does not exactly rival the Magna Carta.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Musk&rsquo;s reference to George Orwell&rsquo;s dystopian classic, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tech-czar-says-ais-danger-like-orwells-1984-terminator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1984<\/a>,&rdquo; seems more than appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>After all, in recent years, European governments have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/german-prosecutors-accidentally-prove-jd-vances-point-free-speech-disturbing-60-minutes-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">galloped toward authoritarianism<\/a>. They have used the power of the state to silence and punish those who object to a globalist agenda. That includes everything from mass immigration to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comedy-writer-arrested-x-posts-doubles-arrives-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender ideology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some prominent Europeans have even found themselves caught up in the scandal that has intensified since late last month, when the U.S. Department of Justice released a fresh tranche of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hundreds-bizarre-references-pizza-new-epstein-documents-raise-eyebrows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfathomably disturbing<\/a> documents pertaining to the notorious sex offender and suspected trafficker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-ambassador-us-resigns-new-epstein-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, who reportedly died in federal prison in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the order to delete the Courtsdesk archive feels like one more blow against Western citizens&rsquo; fast-vanishing freedom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The central question is: when did Western elites last make a major decision that favored freedom or benefited their own people? The Times of London reports that the United Kingdom\u2019s Ministry of Justice ordered the deletion of a large court-records archive used by journalists covering Britain\u2019s deteriorating justice system. The archive is run by the data-analysis firm Courtsdesk, whose chief executive Enda Leahy criticized the move and noted that the archive was clearly superior to the government\u2019s own records.<\/p>\n<p>The piece paints a picture of inefficiency, incompetence, and opacity inside government. Leahy contends that the government\u2019s records were accurate only 4.2 percent of the time, and that 1.6 million cases were heard without any advance notice to the press. Government officials showed a dismissive, haughty attitude toward Courtsdesk, claiming the deletion was a \u201cdata protection issue\u201d and offering no alternatives or explanations after journalists sought dialogue and the company suggested options.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the UK government has given the impression that it wants to shield its judges from scrutiny. Elon Musk even tweeted that the UK has become Orwell\u2019s worst nightmare. The project behind the Courtsdesk archive began in 2021, so it doesn\u2019t rank with Magna Carta in the history of British liberty, yet the reference to George Orwell\u2019s 1984 seems apt given recent European moves toward more authoritarian governance, including efforts to silence critics on issues from mass immigration to transgender ideology. The piece also notes disturbing Epstein-related disclosures from the U.S. Department of Justice and argues that the deletion order is another blow to Western citizens\u2019 increasingly vanishing freedom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2568865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-file-database-ordered-deleted.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73613,5045,4151,73614,71616],"class_list":["post-2568864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-transparency","tag-government","tag-judiciary","tag-media-monitoring","tag-press-freedom-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-file-database-ordered-deleted.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568868,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568864\/revisions\/2568868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}