The UK’s independent authority on press standards, the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), has today published a report reviewing the activities of IPSO, the complaints-handler controlled by the press. The ...
The team and I believe that the traditional model of local newspapers is no longer sustainable, as journalists are often required to churn out excessive numbers of stories each day to reach arbitrary ...
The Government has announced plans to undermine the Leveson system of independent press regulation, by repealing the legislation known as “section 40” in the King’s Speech. Section 40 underpins ...
Hacked Off and Byline Times held a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference, to address what a future Labour Government might do to raise press standards. The striking theme which emerged from the ...
The Hacked Off Campaign was established in 2011 in response to the phone-hacking revelations and campaigns for a free and accountable press for the public. We work closely with victims of press abuse ...
For years, the Government and parts of the press have repeated a toxic libel against British men described as Pakistanis or of Pakistani heritage: that the grooming, abuse and rape of girls and young ...
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), at least 24 ...
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. “BBC SEX PROBE: Top BBC star who ‘paid ...
Earlier this week the MailOnline published an article featuring detailed commentary, videos and images of an actress experiencing what appears to be a moment of acute mental illness. There is no ...
In litigation brought by Hugh Grant and Prince Harry, the Court today heard allegations that The Sun & News of the World publisher NGN: Tapped Hugh Grant’s landline, burgled his properties, used ...
Emma Morgan, a model and actress, was at the beginning of what was set to be a promising career when she first met Mazher Mahmood. He claimed to be a prince who wanted to hire her for a bikini ...
Hacked Off is the leading campaign for higher standards in the press in the UK. We support implementation of the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry, an 18-month judge-led inquiry into press ethics ...