The Australian Government has committed to a range of measures to crack down on the tech giants including establishing a special unit within the competition authority to look at competition and consumer protection in the digital platform marketplace. In an...

Consumers could be suffering because the tech giants’ dominance of the digital advertising marketplace is harming the ability of news media publishers to invest in journalism which is “essential for an effective democracy,” the Competition and Markets Authority has...

The Government will continue to work to promote freedom of speech, human rights and the rule of law, according to the Queen’s Speech today.   Laying out the legislative priorities of the new administration, the Queen said:  “My Ministers will promote...

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The Bristol Post has launched a defence of its Local Democracy Reporter after mayor of Bristol and councillors openly ridiculed the journalist and accused him of political bias during a council meeting. The paper reported that the mayor repeatedly mocked...

Representatives of European media sectors called on the new European Commission to adopt a comprehensive and ambitious approach to EU media policy, to support the sector’s competitiveness and cultural diversity, in a joint conference organised and opened by Vice President...

The Scottish Government has brought forward new legislation to modernise and simplify defamation law in the country by striking a better balance between protecting someone’s reputation and freedom of expression. The Defamation and Malicious Publication Bill, which has been welcomed...

The highly trusted credentials of local news media has been thrust into the spotlight after a Yorkshire Evening Post exclusive about a four-year-old boy forced to sleep on the floor in a Leeds hospital which dominated the election news...

The News Media Association’s #TrustedElectionNews campaign with the local media sector urging party leaders to spell out what they would do for the news media sector if elected, and to put a stop fake political party “newspapers”  has reached...