The debate on whether a new law should be introduced, dubbed ‘Cliff’s Law’, has recently resurfaced. This is in part due to the ‘Gatwick Drones’coverage over the Christmas period, when a couple was, in effect, wrongly accused on the front page of two national newspapers of being involved in criminal activity after they were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the Gatwick airport drone disruption. Read the rest of this entry »
Hacked Off: Gatwick Drones and Cliff’s Law: privacy invasion without public interest justification
15 01 2019Comments : 1 Comment »
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Categories : Media Regulation, Privacy
Drone hysteria and the serial privacy invaders of the British Press – Hugh Tomlinson QC
24 12 2018
The news last week was dominated by the “Gatwick drones” with the country’s second busiest airport being closed three times in three days and 140,000 passengers being stranded. On Friday 21 December 2018 a local couple were arrested “following a tip off“. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation, Privacy
Brexit, Leveson 2 and why 2019 could be the year for press reform – Brian Cathcart
14 12 2018
On no fewer than five occasions in the course of his inquiry into the press in 2011-12, Brian Leveson expressed to witnesses and the public a concern that his report might end up gathering dust on the second shelf of a professor of journalism’s bookcase – nothing more than historical evidence of wasted effort. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Racism in the Press: the lessons of the Raheem Sterling case – Brian Cathcart
11 12 2018
Calls for change from within the press are welcome but will make no lasting difference. The only workable remedy is effective, independent regulation that takes racism seriously.Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, Racism, Raheem Sterling
Categories : Journalism, Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Bob the Builder: can IPSO fix it? – Paul Magrath
8 11 2018
The Transparency Project referred a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation after the Daily Mail refused to correct substantive inaccuracies in a headline and article about a family court judgment. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Media Regulation
Sexual offences, domestic violence and women’s health: Developments from IPSO and the ASA – Demelza Hassani
31 10 2018
Two recent IPSO developments and one decision from the Advertising Standard Agency (“ASA”) demonstrate a trend towards more active challenging and regulation of the media in respect of issues relating to sexual offences, domestic violence and women’s health. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Government and Policy, Media, Media Regulation
IPSO: The Toothless Puppet Rolls over for its masters (again) – Brian Cathcart
26 10 2018
‘We order you to print this correction on page 2,’ said IPSO. ‘We’d rather not,’ replied the Mail on Sunday. ‘Oh dear,’ said IPSO, ‘in that case page 8 will do.’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, Front page corrections, IPSO
Categories : Media Regulation
