Today’s election result shows the electorate have delivered a decisive majority in favour of press reform. The Labour, Liberal Democrat, SNP, PC and Green Parties all have a history of supporting the ...
I’m a historian of the British empire and have a new book out entitled Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain. Eight days before it was published, the Telegraph carried an opinion ...
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 ...
Hacked Off CEO Nathan Sparkes said, “Today’s judgement lays bare the extraordinary cover-up which has taken place at Mirror Group Newspapers over the last two decades. It paints the picture of a ...
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 ...
After years of denials that phone hacking and other illegal acts occurred at the Daily Mail, a ruling issued today has rejected the newspaper’s application to throw out claims of phone tapping and ...
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 ...
The video platform Rumble appears to be close to benefiting from the “press loophole” in the Online Safety Bill which was lobbied for by national newspapers. The Online Safety Bill was designed to ...
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 Off CEO Nathan ...