Government-led task force launched to protect journalism from SLAPPs
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer writes for Press Gazette about a new task force to tackle the rise of SLAPPs.
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Clive Myrie blasts ‘appalling’ Fox News lawsuit revelations in speech defending press freedom
Myrie defended journalistic impartiality, arguing an opinionated BBC cannot expect licence fee payment.
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Guardian and Daily Mail editors unite to demand action over legal bullying of media
Editors from the Guardian, Times, Mail, Telegraph, i, Sun and others have unified against SLAPPs.
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Seven ways to fix the news from the BBC’s Ros Atkins
BBC News presenter Ros Atkins has said that change in the news industry is a “necessity” if it wants to…
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Online Safety Bill fails to protect journalists’ freedom of speech, MPs and editors warn
The Online Safety Bill fails to protect journalistic freedom of speech as it risks letting tech giants use automated algorithms…
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Society of Editors ‘determined to lead from the front’ on diversity, says new boss
The new leader of the Society of Editors has told journalists of colour who complained about its public statements on…
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Update 26 July: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have spoken out in support of the journalists calling for better action…
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Eleanor Mills resigns from Society of Editors board and condemns ‘structural racism’ in UK media
Former Sunday Times editorial director Eleanor Mills has resigned from the Society of Editors board in protest at the body’s…
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