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Press Release: News Media Association abandons legal challenge against PRP
16.01.19 The News Media Association (NMA) has abandoned its appeal against a Judicial Review ruling made by the High Court in October 2017. The Court rejected the NMA’s attempt to challenge the…
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Hacked Off demand protections for the innocent who are named before charge
On December 23rd 2018 two innocent members of the public were identified in national newspapers as being arrested on suspicion of criminal activity relating to the drone interference at Gatwick airport the…
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Hacked Off respond to PRP discovery that the Panel has been “designated as within the Ministry of Justice boundary”
The Chairman of the Press Recognition Panel has written to the Government regarding the Panel’s apparent “designation” within the “boundary” of the Ministry of Justice. The Press Recognition Panel is an independent…
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Fresh evidence of Mail on Sunday complicity in criminal conduct emerges months after Government cancel public inquiry protested by ex-editor-in-chief Paul Dacre
Reports have emerged this week which show email evidence that former Mail on Sunday senior editor Chris Anderson received material which allegedly included voicemail transcripts from the phone of the nanny who…
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Press Release: Hacked Off backs Newsquest Cumbria journalists striking over pay and conditions enforced by Newsquest
Newsquest, since taking over Cumbria Newspapers in March 2018, has made more than 100 staff redundant. These staff cuts have meant the loss of highly experienced journalists. Journalists at Newsquest Cumbria…
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Press Release: Government to introduce new protections for investigative journalism in Counter Terror Bill after Hacked Off campaign
Last night, in response to amendments tabled by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and supported by Hacked Off, the Government agreed to pursue new protections for journalists from stop and search powers in…
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Press Release: Hacked Off demand protections for investigative journalism in government’s counter-terror bill
Hacked Off and other free expression campaigners have called for changes to the government’s counter terror bill in an open letter published today in the Financial Times. Kate Goold, the lawyer…
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Press Release: Victims vow to fight on after Leveson Part Two judicial review finds in favour of government
Victims of press abuse vow to pursue all avenues to secure completion of the Leveson Inquiry following outcome of Judicial Review, which found in favour of the Government: “The Government may…
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Press Release: James O’Brien challenges press inaccuracy at Hacked Off’s 6th Annual Leveson Lecture
“It’s the comforting lie that sells better than the objective truth”: James O’Brien challenges press inaccuracy at Hacked Off’s 6th Annual Leveson Lecture James O’Brien delivered the 6th Annual Leveson Lecture…
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Cairncross urged to “recommend the adoption of an independent regulator for the newspaper industry, to increase public trust and support its long-term sustainability” in Hacked Off submission
The Cairncross Review was established by the Government in March 2018, to “examine the sustainability of high quality journalism.” It is aimed specifically at the newspaper industry. The Review’s chair is Dame…
