ITV News, Channel 4 News and 5 News producer ITN wants the UK government to impose “strong sanctions” on social platforms that do not take stringent measures to remove fake news.

In its submission to an inquiry on the future of journalism run by the House of Lords Committee on Communications and Digital, ITN also called for social platforms to give preferential advertising rates to public service broadcasters and other quality publishers.

Peers launched the inquiry in February to look at how journalists can be supported to adapt to the changing news media landscape, how they can become more trusted by the public, and whether public policy could better support journalism training.