IPSO should be applauded for its phenomenal success in convincing gullible politicians that the press is ‘properly regulated’. IPSO’s chair, Lord Faulks, speaking in the House of Lords (he is a politician, after all) in December 2021 was happy enough to embellish further to say that not only are the press ‘properly regulated’ but also ‘accountable’. Continue reading
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The traditional press has two roles, one as a check on public figures, and another as a form of entertainment. Increasingly, as Franklin argues: Continue reading
Yesterday in the House of Commons the Government was skewered over its plans to allow extremists or dictators to set up front organisations in the UK and brand themselves “news publishers”, to benefit from a wide ranging and poorly drafted exemption to the Online Safety Bill. Several newspapers have rushed to defend the loophole because they themselves would benefit from. Continue reading
Condemnation of Angela Rayner’s treatment by the Mail on Sunday – who published a story blaming her legs for the fact she is a better public speaker than Boris Johnson – concentrated largely on the Tories, rather than criticising the Press. Continue reading
Russia Today set to benefit from press exemption to the Government’s Online Safety Bill – Hacked Off
A Hacked Off investigation has revealed that Russia Today, the Russian media outlet accused of peddling Kremlin-backed disinformation, is set to benefit from an exemption in the Government’s forthcoming plans for regulating social media in the UK. Continue reading
On 17 March 2022, the Government finally published the Online Safety Bill, which will now make its way through Parliament – with the expectation that it will ultimately become law. Continue reading
The campaigning group Hacked Off has published a new report, “An analysis of IPSO Rulings across the year 2020″ [pdf] by Professor Paul Wragg and Dr Tom Chivers. demonstrates the systematic failure of the press’ own complaints handler, IPSO. Continue reading
When Sienna Miller appeared outside the high court last week – after her hacking claim against The Sun was settled – she bravely described the ordeal she had suffered and the damage caused by the newspaper’s discovery of her pregnancy in 2005. Continue reading
The sham press ‘regulator’ IPSO has seen its weakness and cowardice embarrassingly exposed this month in the case of the serial misconduct of the Jewish Chronicle. Continue reading
A Daily Mail article (since edited), “What they DON’T tell you about COVID“, published 20 November 2020, claimed that official projections of Covid deaths and infection rates have been significantly overstated when compared to actual data – suggesting that lockdown measures were an unnecessary infringement on personal freedoms. Continue reading
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