John Whittingdale MP has called on Government to include specialist publications in the enhanced protections for ‘recognised news publishers’ in the Online Safety Bill.
John Whittingdale MP has called on Government to include specialist publications in the enhanced protections for ‘recognised news publishers’ in the Online Safety Bill.
A senior MP has added his voice to the growing calls from Conservative parliamentarians for the Government to bring forward Digital Markets Unit legislation in the Queen’s Speech on May 10.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has commissioned research agency Revealing Reality with conducting research on journalists’ online and physical safety. The survey closes on Thursday April 14.
Last week, the PPA added its voice to a letter sent by an unprecedented media coalition, telling the Prime Minister that the government must prioritise Digital Markets Unit (DMU) legislation in the next Queen’s Speech. The DMU needs legislation to get the powers necessary to rebalance the relationship between platforms and publishers.
PPA CEO Sajeeda Merali has signed a letter sent by a coalition of media industry bodies and organisations to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling for the government to prioritise legislation to give the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) statutory powers in the next Queen’s Speech.
My name is Graham Johnson and I am traitor to our kind. I’ll admit here and now that I stopped reading print magazines in 2015.
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