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Murdoch’s Puppet Show: Pulling on the Strings of Government
A Hacked Off analysis of Government transparency data has revealed the extent of press and Government interactions over the 12 month period from September 2022 to September 2023 (which is when the… -
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Response to The Spectator: anti-Leveson arguments showing their age
By Nathan Sparkes With the Labour Party now favourites to form a government after the next General Election, it should not be a surprise to see unregulated newspapers and magazines publishing articles…
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Only one winner in the battle for Number 10: The press
Research by Annabel Burr Before long, the UK will have a new Prime Minister. As the leading two contenders scrap for the votes of Conservative Party members, we’ve looked into their records…
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Liberty and Human Rights: The Atavistic Press – Julian Petley
By Julian Petley, first published on INFORRM. According to Peter Hitchens in the Mail, 22 June 2022: “There’s no such thing as human rights … They are an invention, made out of pure wind. If…
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Hacked Off: Rishi Sunak pledges attack on press freedom & Leveson system
By Nathan Sparkes The Conservative MP and candidate for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has pledged to repeal section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013… -
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Newspapers leap to defence of “extremists’ loophole” in the Online Safety Bill, as Government plans to protect the press from accountability unravel
By Nathan Sparkes 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…
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Opinion: Not all journalistic content should be exempt from the Online Safety Bill
by Dr Michael Fay & Dr Laura Higson-Bliss The traditional press has two roles, one as a check on public figures, and another as a form of entertainment. Increasingly, as Franklin argues:…
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Russia Today set to benefit from press exemption to the Government’s Online Safety Bill
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…
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White supremacism, the press and the absence of regulation
False newspaper stories are being shared as propaganda by neo-Nazis and white supremacists. WARNING: This report contains abusive language. Download the full report here Specialist online forums and message-boards are…
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Unelected: the insidious influence of Rupert Murdoch at the heart of Government
READ THE FULL PUBLICATION HERE! Hacked Off can today reveal, after an analysis of Government transparency data, that employees of Murdoch’s newspapers met with Government Ministers or their advisors a…
