latest briefings & reports

Briefing on press reporting of fatal domestic abuse
Hacked Off briefing calling for better press reporting of domestic violence, after coverage was found to justify perpetrators and blame victims.
10/12/20
Briefings
IPSO flounders after damning report exposes its impotence
Analysis of a report on IPSO, noting it has not fined any newspaper in six years despite claims of powers to fine up to £1 million.
18/3/20
Briefings
Explainer: Where do political parties stand on protecting the public from press abuse?
Explainer setting out what a new Government should do to protect the public from press abuse and where the parties stand on independent press regulation.
4/2/20
Briefings
Hacked Off response to consultation on News UK undertakings
Hacked Off welcomes the spirit of proposed amendments to the Times undertakings but warns some risk new threats to editorial independence.
16/7/19
Briefings
Cairncross urged to “recommend the adoption of an independent regulator for the newspaper industry, to increase public trust and support its long-term sustainability” in Hacked Off submission
Hacked Off's submission to the Cairncross Review urges it to recommend an independent press regulator to increase public trust and sustainability.
17/9/18
Briefings
Hacked Off respond to consultation on terms of approval for Fox/Sky merger
Hacked Off's response to the Government consultation on undertakings attached to 21st Century Fox's purchase of the remaining 61% of Sky.
6/7/18
Briefings
Hacked Off's submission to the CMA in response to their Fox/Sky bid provisional findings report
Hacked Off's submission to the Competition and Markets Authority on its provisional findings on broadcasting standards in the proposed Fox/Sky merger.
14/2/18
Briefings