The exemption for journalism in the Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to protect UK journalism from being overzealous moderation by American tech platforms who do not understand UK press regulation, David Dinsmore has said. In a speech to the...

IPSO has today announced Lord Triesman as the chair of its independent appointments panel, succeeding Sir Hayden Phillips KCB DL, the inaugural chair, whose term concludes on 7 September. Lord Triesman is a Labour Peer, the former National Chair of the...

The News Media Association has a critical role to play in ensuring that independent journalism, which is playing such as an important role keeping the public informed during the coronavirus pandemic, has a strong and sustainable future.   Priorities for the...

The new regime to crack down on online harms propagated by the tech giants will not seek to duplicate existing regulation on moderated comment sections on news sites, Culture Minister John Whittingdale said yesterday. Responding to a question from Emma...

The Government remains committed to protecting freedom of expression and officials are currently looking at ways in which journalistic content could be excluded from the new online harms regulatory regime, DCMS Minister John Whittingdale has said.    Mr Whittingdale also...

Geraldine Allinson, Iliffe Media director and former executive chairman of the KM Media Group will join the IPSO Appointments Panel. The Appointments Panel’s role is to appoint IPSO’s Chairman and Board and the independent members of the Editors’ Code of Practice...

Responding to the publication of the ‘Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services’ and the accompanying FAQs by the ICO this morning, the News Media Association said: “We welcome the fact that the code makes clear...

The Editors’ Code of Practice, under which the majority of Britain’s newspaper, magazine and news sites journalists work, has launched a public consultation. The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, which writes and revises the code of standards policed by the...

The Government will continue to work to promote freedom of speech, human rights and the rule of law, according to the Queen’s Speech today.   Laying out the legislative priorities of the new administration, the Queen said:  “My Ministers will promote...