latest press releases

Statement: unauthorised disclosure ("leak") of the Sir Kim Darroch cables
Hacked Off states that whistle-blowers and responsible publishers should be free to publish confidential information in the public interest, and that the Official Secrets Act should be reformed.
Phone-hacking settlement makes legal history
Heather Mills received one of the highest media privacy settlements in legal history and an apology from News Group Newspapers.
Press Release: Islamophobia at The Times?
A report calls for an independent EHRC investigation into The Times and its coverage of Britain's Muslim communities across three stories.
Press Release: Hacked Off analysis of media coverage of the Christchurch Attacks
Hacked Off analysis shows the role of traditional media publishers in amplifying the Christchurch attack footage and criticises their exemption from the proposed online harms regulator.
Government urged to rule out moves to weaken protections on editorial independence at The Times
Hacked Off and the Media Reform Coalition write to the Culture Secretary urging him to rule out weakening editorial independence protections at The Times and Sunday Times.
Fatal domestic abuse reporting: new guidelines must be backed up by code change
IPSO and IMPRESS have adopted Level Up's fatal domestic abuse reporting guidelines; Hacked Off says they must be backed by changes to the standards code.
Hacked Off: Times/Sunday Times journalist leads criticism of News UK merger application
Hacked Off responds to the Culture Secretary's indication that he is minded to accept News UK's application to vary the 1981 Times merger undertakings.

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