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Hacked Off write to Prime Minister Jacinda Arden ahead of ‘Christchurch Call’
A huge thank you to almost 6,000 of you who wrote to the Government asking that the “Christchurch Call” pledge apply to newspapers and websites, alongside social media companies. In New…
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Press Release: Hacked Off analysis of media coverage of the Christchurch Attacks
Christchurch attack: Analysis reveals role of traditional media publishers in amplifying hatred Government criticised for exempting the same publishers from proposed online harms regulator Parliamentary Committees briefed on the role of newspaper…
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INFLECTION POINT: Hacked Off analysis of media coverage of the Christchurch Attacks
Christchurch: When social media platforms became publishers of extremism and news websites became amplifiers of hatred. READ THE REPORT HERE Some media companies propagated footage from the Christchurch attack to,…
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Press complaints-handler’s credibility falls to new low: IPSO fails to find “made-up” quote inaccurate
In an IPSO ruling published today, the complaints-handler found that a Times article with an invented quotation was nonetheless compliant with the Editors’ Code. The Times article alleged that, in respect…
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The Scruton tapes: lack of self-awareness at the Spectator
Douglas Murray, a man who told Nick Ferrari on LBC in 2017 that “less Islam” is the answer to having less terrorism the UK, has composed a cover page Spectator piece defending…
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Government urged to rule out moves to weaken protections on editorial independence at The Times
Hacked Off and the Media Reform Coalition have written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright QC, to insist that he takes off the table any…
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Fatal domestic abuse reporting: new guidelines must be backed up by code change
The press complaints-handler IPSO, and the independent regulator IMPRESS, have adopted campaign group Level Up’s guidelines on fatal domestic abuse reporting. Whilst IMPRESS have vowed to consider changes to their standards code,…
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Boris’ Brexit Telegraph Lies “clearly comically polemical” ?
In an extraordinary confession on Friday, the Telegraph defended Boris Johnson’s false Brexit poll story saying the MP was “entitled to make sweeping generalisations” in his £275k a year column as it…
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Platforms fuelling far-right violence: the crux of the matter
Platforms play a lead role in strengthening and emboldening online extremism. This week, YouTube placed restrictions on the channel of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson which has around 357,000 subscribers,…
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IMPRESS passes first cyclical Press Recognition Panel review for independence and effectiveness
Today, the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) confirmed that the IMPRESS media self-regulator continues to meet Leveson’s requirements for a regulator which is independent of the state, politicians and the industry. Commenting,…
