This year, 2024 was billed to be the year of the first ‘robust and comprehensive’ UK statutory review of the extent of journalism’s compliance with data protection law and good practice, a formal appraisal which was (and is) meant to become a clear ‘part of the media landscape’ as reformed by the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 in the wake of the general/first part of the Leveson Inquiry. Continue reading
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Category: Media Regulation (Page 3 of 73)
A YouGov Poll, commissioned by the campaigning group Hacked Off, shows continuing strong public support for establishing the second part of the Leveson Inquiry and for the Government to take steps to bring all newspapers into a press regulator which meets the criteria suggested by the Leveson Inquiry. Continue reading
The Australian federal government today introduced into parliament legislation for its social media ban for people under 16 years. Continue reading
The news media in South Africa have a long and dark history of being used to oppress the majority during colonialism and apartheid. Continue reading
So many victims of media misconduct do not know where to turn. Those targeted by the media have often been caught up in a newsworthy event, which has led to media interest. Frequently, this will have involved some form of trauma or bereavement, which can be compounded by excessive press intrusion. The last thing people in that position need is an oblique, complex and taxing process to protect them. Continue reading
Earlier this month a Labour backbencher asked the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, what she thought of IPSO, the self-styled ‘self-regulator’ of most of the national press. It was a written question and the written answer came from one of Nandy’s junior ministers, Stephanie Peacock. It simply said: Continue reading
When Pavel Durov arrived in France on his private jet last Saturday, he was greeted by police who promptly arrested him. As the founder of the direct messaging platform Telegram, he was accused of facilitating the widespread crimes committed on it. Continue reading
Eric Beecher is a rare beast: a combination of journalist, media owner and idealist. In 1984, aged 33, he became the youngest-ever editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and he has worked around the world as a journalist. He is currently chair and the largest shareholder in Private Media, owner of several Australian news websites, including Crikey. Continue reading
According to Thangam Debbonaire MP, Labour’s current shadow culture secretary, there is nothing more to be done about press regulation. When asked, recently, if a Labour government would revive Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry, or do anything else to hold the press to account, she answered: “There is already media regulation, there is already the criminal and civil law. We don’t have plans to do anything, any new legislation in that area, no”. Continue reading
Few will have been surprised by Ofcom’s recent verdict that GB News broke due impartiality rules by featuring politicians like Jacob Rees-Mogg and Esther McVey as news presenters. However, the regulator’s decision to handle GB News with kid gloves by putting it on notice whilst refraining from imposing statutory sanctions raised an eyebrow or two. Continue reading
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