The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued updated advice explaining how the publishers and advertisers they work with, can ensure that advertorials or similar content are obviously identifiable to consumers.
In a new study of choice in news, it has identified concerns around the impact of online news ‘gatekeepers' – particularly social media, such as Facebook, but also search engines and news apps such as Apple News and Google News.
In the Autumn Budget, it has been announced that the government will bring forward the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill – the legislation that will empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) – to parliament in the current parliamentary session (i.e. before next summer). This is a significant victory as before now the Government had only promised to introduce a draft Bill with no timetable on when it would materialise.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, opened proceedings by laying out the unprecedented economic headwinds, referencing the ongoing energy crisis, cost of living, and supply chain pressures caused by the war in Ukraine. He did note that he wanted to protect the vulnerable within his statement as “to be British is to be compassionate and this is a compassionate government”.
Royal Mail’s plans, announced today in their H1 Financial Results, will restrict citizens’ access to timely information and hurt the sustainability of the print publishing sector.
This will be the second external review of the independence and effectiveness of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).
It has been reportedthat the long-delayed Online Safety Bill will return to Parliament later this month, but with the ‘legal but harmful’ content category removed from the Bill’s scope.
Paul Scully MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy, overseeing online safety, digital markets regulation, and online advertising. He will also retain the role of Minister for London.
Sir Kier Starmer has voiced his support for Digital Markets Unit legislation in an op-ed for the Journalism Matters campaign.
Meta has stated it may be compelled to block news content in Canada in response to a new law that would force platforms to compensate publishers for the value that their content brings to tech giants.
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