We see hateful, racist and discriminatory language like this in our papers on a daily basis. It is fuelling prejudice, increasing intolerance and inflaming tensions between communities.   But many people are…

Hacked Off and Media Diversity Institute’s open letter on racism in the press has gathered dozens of signatures from Parliamentarians, free speech advocates, and well-known personalities. It has struck a chord –…

Today, the Government have published the Cairncross Review’s final report.  The Review was established to explore how to protect the viability of the press, and in particular the local press.   The…

In July last year, the Daily Mail published a double-page spread “exposing a Paris suburb overrun with illegal migrants.” Eight days later the Mail Online were forced to pull the online version…

A week after they ran a featured cover story headlined: “The mystery of Melania,” the Daily Telegraph has apologised and agreed to pay substantial damages to the US First Lady. In an…

In October 2018, Arcadia and its Chairman Philip Green successfully obtained a temporary injunction to restrict the Telegraph from reporting on the details of Non-Disclosure Agreements signed by five individuals which allege…

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…

Innocent members of the public have once again been exposed nationwide in newspapers over a crime they did not commit.   You will be familiar with the “Gatwick drones” story that dominated…

The Sunday Times has been widely condemned for running a column by Rod Liddle over the weekend in which he suggests extremists should blow themselves up in London’s Tower Hamlets, away “from…

By Luke Geikie   Hacked Off and MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) co-sponsored a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference to discuss the need for independent press regulation and the importance…