Questions remain over new press regulator IPSO as it launches
Today (8 September) sees the launch of a new regulator for the press as the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) replaces the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).
Why IPSO?
The PCC, which was set up in 1990 after the perceived failure of it’s predecessor, the Press Council, was fatally wounded by its 2009 report to the News of the World phone-hacking affair, when it wrongly concluded there was no widespread invasion of privacy at the now defunct Sunday tabloid. When the scale of phone-hacking scandal became clear a committee of MPs described the regulator as “toothless” while Prime Minister David Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
