The compromised smart tvs in your country were manufactured by someone that could be held liable for operating a "stealth" bot network, or for allowing someone to do so through negligence.
As for journalists, nothing is stopping their legal department from petitioning a judge to issue a temporarily exemption from the law for a specific period of time under a specific written purpose.
Sure but this probably wouldn't happen like that, what would happen is that when journalists make that petition it creates a real special case in the law available to everyone.
As for journalists, nothing is stopping their legal department from petitioning a judge to issue a temporarily exemption from the law for a specific period of time under a specific written purpose.