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Daily Mail fail in bid to stop claims the newspaper illegally spied on Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, Prince Harry and others
A ruling issued this morning has rejected the Daily Mail’s application to throw out the claims of phone tapping and other illegal activities made on behalf of claimants Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir…
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King’s Speech: Section 40 repeal “a cynical attempt to bribe national newspaper owners ahead of the next election”
The Government has today announced plans to repeal section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, a key part of the cross-party agreement to implement the Leveson recommendations for independent press…
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Cummings’ evidence appears to confirm Hacked off allegations of “press bungs”
Earlier this week, Former No. 10 Chief Adviser Dominic Cummings told the COVID Inquiry: “There were specific concerns about [former PM Boris Johnson’s] relationship with the Barclays, and The Telegraph, and there…
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Press loophole in the Online Safety Bill could be exploited by Russell Brand and other Rumble users, Hacked Off analysis shows
Hacked Off’s analysis shows that the video platform Rumble, where Russell Brand posts video content for his followers, appears to be close to benefiting from the “press loophole” in the Online Safety…
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Hacked Off comment on Rupert Murdoch stepping down from News Corp
Rupert Murdoch has reportedly stepped down as Chairman of News Corp. News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp, is the publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times, and The Sun. Commenting, Hacked…
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Sun publisher NGN suffers significant defeat in litigation brought by Prince Harry
Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the Sun publisher NGN, will proceed to a full trial in the High Court. It comes after Prince Harry accused the newspaper group of phone hacking and other…
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BREAKING: Media blackout on Wootton allegations?
Hacked Off research has found that in the first 24 hours after The Sun’s initial story was published about the unnamed BBC presenter (whom we now know to be newsreader Huw Edwards),…
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Hacked Off: Wootton story raises questions for News UK and DMGT
On July 17th Dan Evans and Tom Latchem, writing for independent media outlet Byline Times, published the article: “GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal” This is the…
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“Utterly disingenuous” of The Sun to claim they did not suggest illegality in BBC presenter story
The Sun last night released a statement in light of the news that Huw Edwards is not facing police action, and has been hospitalised with a mental health crisis. The Sun said,…
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Hacked Off: The Sun have questions to answer
After a weekend of frontpage stories in The Sun newspaper, which accused a BBC presenter of exchanging payment for pornographic images from an adult, a lawyer representing the person in question has…
