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BBC management refuses to appear at next DCMS hearing into its pay structure but promises it is doing ‘a huge amount of work’

The BBC will not send any management representatives to the next Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing into BBC…

By Charlotte Tobitt

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock tells MPs he would consider legislation cracking down on hate speech on social media

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has said he would consider increasing legislation or adding warning labels to social media platforms to…

By Charlotte Tobitt

MPs’ US trip to meet Google, Facebook and Twitter as part of fake news inquiry cost taxpayer £84,000

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Select Committee’s visit to the US last month as part of its inquiry…

By Charlotte Tobitt

Information Commissioner says social media companies can no longer be considered ‘benign platforms’ in political ads probe

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said that social media companies, including Facebook, can no longer be considered “benign platforms” for…

By Charlotte Tobitt

Twitter finds 49 accounts linked to Russian ‘troll factory’ that tweeted about Brexit during vote campaign, MPs told

Twitter has found 49 accounts linked to a notorious Russian “troll factory” which were sending out messages about the Brexit…

By PA Mediapoint

Carrie Gracie: BBC has ‘belittled’ women for decades because it won’t admit to ‘equal pay problem’

An emotional but defiant Carrie Gracie told MPs today that the BBC’s unwillingness to acknowledge its “equal pay problem” has…

By Freddy Mayhew

Former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie to give evidence to MPs as Culture Secretary calls for ‘more action’ on gender pay gap

Former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie has agreed to give evidence to MPs on the corporation’s gender pay gap as…

By James Walker