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Draft Online Safety Bill published
New internet laws were published last week in the draft Online Safety Bill to protect children online and tackle some of the worst abuses on social media, including racist hate crimes.
Industry regulation
News
Government Publishes First Ever National Action Plan To Protect Journalists
The Government has published the UK’s first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment.
COMMENT
Not all good, not all bad
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey sent shockwaves through the Royal Family and also the British press.
News
Facebook to unblock news in Australia
Facebook is to lift its ban on news content in Australia after reaching a deal over changes to the proposed new laws to force the digital giants to pay for content.
News
SoE calls for clarity of Scottish Hate Crimes free speech safeguards
The Society of Editors has called for clarity from the Scottish Government on its plans to protect freedom of expression under its proposed new Hate Crimes legislation.
News
IPSO appoints Naik and Machray
Press regulator IPSO has announced the appointment of international human rights consultant Asmita Naik and former Liverpool Echo Editor Alastair Machray to its lay-majority Complaints Committee.
News
NMA appoints Owen Meredith as next Chief Executive
The News Media Association, the trade association for the UK’s local and national news media industry, has announced the appointment of Owen Meredith as its next Chief Executive.
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Society joins call to investigate FoI ‘clearing house’
The Society of Editors has added its name to an open letter calling on the government to investigate allegations that Freedom of Information requests are being filtered through a ‘clearing house’ operation.
News
Alison Phillips takes over as WIJ chair
Alison Phillips, the new chair of Woman in Journalism, has vowed that the campaigning organisation, will be “a noisy advocate for trusted journalism” in an epidemic of fake news.
FEATURE
Trump’s media legacy
Most publishers will be relieved to have seen Donald Trump depart the White House, but, asks Dickon Ross, should they be?
FEATURE
Journalism: the good, the bad and the abusive
Samantha Harman stepped down as editor of the Oxford Mail at the end of last year. Here, she reflects on her fifteen years in the newsroom.
News
Society calls on Lib Dems to review newspaper freesheet distribution
The Society of Editors has called on the Liberal Democrats to review political freesheets which appear to ape mainstream publications following the emergence of a new “free” title by the party.
News
WAN-IFRA unveils new brand identity
WAN-IFRA, a global association of news publishers and media tech companies, has launched its new corporate brand identity, including a redesigned logo and website.
News
Freedom of expression curtailed by lack of NI defamation law reform
Freedom of expression and the freedom to criticise those in positions of power and influence are curtailed without urgent reform to Northern Ireland defamation laws, peers have warned.
News
Online Harms: NMA Restates Call For ‘Robust And Comprehensive’ Exemption
It is imperative that news publishers and their content are wholly exempt from the proposed online harms regime, the News Media Association has said.
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