UK Government shelves taking action against SLAPP anti-media lawsuits
Response to Future of News inquiry "fails to reflect severity of situation".
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Lords amendments offer AI copyright protection for publishers
Data (Use and Access) Bill will now go back to Commons with Government urged to hear concerns.
By Lords slam government inaction on SLAPPs, calling for action by summer
The government last week ruled out immediate legislation, saying SLAPPs were a "complex area".
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Warning of imminent, ‘irreparable’ fracture of news landscape without action
The UK’s news landscape could fracture “irreparably” in the next five to ten years with “grim” implications, a new Parliamentary…
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Ofcom bosses defend ‘degree of flexibility’ over politicians presenting on GB News
Dame Melanie Dawes emphasised the "importance of the context" of a broadcast to Ofcom's decisions.
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Tax, rather than adverts or subscriptions, should fund BBC says House of Lords
The House of Lords committee on the future of BBC funding has rejected the idea the corporation can be adequately…
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Former BBC editor Sarah Sands tells Lords broadcaster is ‘institutionally statist’
Former Today editor Sarah Sands told the House of Lords that the BBC is “institutionally statist” but also defended the…
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Online Safety Bill: Peers ‘remain to be convinced’ protections for journalism are enough
Peers have warned they “remain to be convinced” that the draft Online Safety Bill will not stop journalistic content being…
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