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Data on IPSO reveals only 0.6% of complaints were upheld by the sham regulator in 2021
IPSO, the complaints-handler controlled by the press, has recently published its report for 2021. The report reveals that in 2021: Out of 14173 complaints, only 88 were upheld. That’s a rate of…
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Daily Mail publisher to face phone-hacking claim from Sir Simon Hughes
Former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes has filed a claim against the Daily Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited, which alleges that the newspaper misused his private information. Specifically, it has been…
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Doreen Lawrence and Prince Harry among claimants to allege unlawful activity including phone hacking at the Daily Mail
After years of denials that hacking occurred at Mail titles a series of claims, which include alleged phone hacking, have today been lodged against the newspaper’s publisher at the High Court. The…
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Twitter to be banned from removing content from Russia Today and extremist websites without giving them a right of appeal, as Government folds to pressure from press barons
The Government has today announced amendments to the Online Safety Bill, which will force social media companies to ask foreign propaganda outlets and extremist publishers which qualify as “news publishers” before removing…
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Hacked Off demand changes to Online Safety Bill’s media exemption, as Government indicates u-turn on foreign disinformation
After Hacked Off criticised the Government’s Online Safety Bill’s media exemption, which will protect publishers of hostile foreign state disinformation including Russia Today, racist, misogynistic and other abusive publishers from regulation, the…
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HACKED OFF: Reports of Government plans to repeal Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013
Commenting on reports that the Government will seek to repeal section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 this year, a part of the Leveson framework for press regulation, Hacked Off…
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Former Hacked Off Director & MP Dr Evan Harris alleges “widespread illegality” at The Sun newspaper, as hacking claim is settled
A statement in open court was read today at the High Court in the phone hacking claim brought by Dr Evan Harris, a former Hacked Off Director, Liberal Democrat MP and international…
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Mail on Sunday journalist could lose lobby pass: “Sexism in the press is a cultural problem which cannot be addressed by confiscating the lobby pass of an individual journalist”
Responding to the Mail on Sunday’s coverage of Angela Rayner MP, and subsequent threats to remove the author’s Parliamentary lobby pass, Hacked Off Board Director Emma Jones said, Sexism in the press…
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Hacked Off: Russia Today Online Safety exemption “a threat to the interests & safety of the British public”
Hacked Off has revealed that Russian state-owned media outlet Russia Today is set to benefit from the “recognised news publisher” exemption in the Online Safety Bill. This exemption, which had been lobbied…
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Online Safety Bill: Government plans to regulate YOUR Twitter account more than the Daily Mail’s
The Government has today published the final version of the Online Safety Bill which, through specific exemptions, puts the rights and interests of the press above those of the public. The Bill…
