Hacked Off
@hackedoff.bsky.social
Born out of the UK tabloid phone hacking scandal. We fight for press accountability, for justice for victims still denied and for a responsible press that protects the public, upholds democracy, and defends free expression. https://linktr.ee/hackedoff
No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’ The Express front page claimed asylum seekers get “more freedom” than citizens. They cannot work or claim benefits. Emma Monk sets out the facts. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/n...
No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’
As misleading front page headlines go, this one from the Express has to be up there with some of the worst! A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
hackedoff.org
Anti-SLAPP laws are meant to stop the powerful silencing critics. What happens when the powerful party is the newspaper? SLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/s...
SLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer
The private members Bill promoted by Baroness Stowell and Sir John Whittingdale would apply to any claim touching a matter of public interest, however meritorious and however properly brought. Hacked Off sets out why it would harm victims of press abuse, and why section 40 was the better answer.
hackedoff.org
SLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer The Bill would apply to any claim touching a matter of public interest — whether or not it is abusive, whether or not it is meritorious. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/s...
SLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer
The private members Bill promoted by Baroness Stowell and Sir John Whittingdale would apply to any claim touching a matter of public interest, however meritorious and however properly brought. Hacked Off sets out why it would harm victims of press abuse, and why section 40 was the better answer.
hackedoff.org
Three hours until doors at the Rally for Justice. Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY. Doors 6pm, speeches followed by live music until 11pm. Still without a ticket? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Tonight. Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice. Doors 6pm, Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY. Speeches, then live music until 11pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Final call for tomorrow's Rally for Justice. Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. 6–11pm. Speeches on the Hillsborough Law and press reform, then live music. Apply for a ticket tonight: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Tomorrow night: Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice. Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Doors 6pm, music until 11pm. Last chance to apply for a ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
“IPSO is not an effective restraint on the activities of the British press and misinformation about the climate crisis fills the newspapers.” Climate misinformation and press regulation www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/c...
Climate misinformation and press regulation
Chris Goodall took a complaint to IPSO over fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail article on wind power. Almost a year later, the regulator ordered a single sentence to be amended.
hackedoff.org
"IPSO is not an effective restraint on the activities of the British press and misinformation about the climate crisis fills the newspapers." Climate misinformation and press regulation www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/c...
Climate misinformation and press regulation
Chris Goodall took a complaint to IPSO over fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail article on wind power. Almost a year later, the regulator ordered a single sentence to be amended.
hackedoff.org
Two days to go. Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice — Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Speeches from campaigners, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters, then live music. Apply: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Three days to go. Tickets for the Rally for Justice are allocated by application and demand is high — apply now rather than on the night. Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Climate misinformation and press regulation Fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail piece on wind power. Almost a year at IPSO. The result: one sentence amended. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/c...
Climate misinformation and press regulation
Chris Goodall took a complaint to IPSO over fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail article on wind power. Almost a year later, the regulator ordered a single sentence to be amended.
hackedoff.org
A duty of candour for public bodies. Real accountability for the press. Two demands, one principle: people harmed by the powerful are entitled to the truth. Rally for Justice, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, Monday 28 September, 6–11pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
“that can never happen. We would never let that happen” — a pollster, secretly filmed, on a paper learning who commissioned its front-page poll. How commissioned polling is laundered into the press: www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/h...
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK without telling readers who commissioned them.
hackedoff.org
"Presented instead as a newspaper exclusive, it can look like independent evidence of public opinion." How commissioned polling is laundered into the press www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/h...
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK without telling readers who commissioned them. Ben Phillips on why polling transparency matters.
hackedoff.org
Leveson Part Two was promised to the victims of press abuse. It has still not happened. The Hillsborough Law proves that unfinished business can be finished when people keep pushing. Rally for Justice, Liverpool, Monday 28 September, 6–11pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Who you will hear from at the Rally for Justice: campaigners who won the Hillsborough Law, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters — followed by live music from Liverpool artists. Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press Polls secretly arranged by Reform UK ran in The Times and The Telegraph — readers were never told who commissioned them. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/h...
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK without telling readers who commissioned them. Ben Phillips on why polling transparency matters.
hackedoff.org
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press. The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK, without telling readers who commissioned them. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/h...
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK without telling readers who commissioned them.
hackedoff.org
One week today: Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice. Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Monday 28 September, 6–11pm. Speeches from campaigners, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters, then live music. Apply for tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
The Hillsborough Law shows what happens when families refuse to give up in the face of institutions that close ranks. Press reform is the same fight, and it is unfinished. Rally for Justice, Liverpool, Monday 28 September, 6–11pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice. Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Hosted by Hacked Off and Hillsborough Law Now. Apply for tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
Dr Corinne Fowler writes about the media abuse that preceded Jason Arday's death. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/w...
When media abuse of academics becomes the norm in HE
Following the death of Jason Arday, Corinne Fowler writes on the toll of media abuse on academics and what universities must do to protect their staff.
hackedoff.org
According to the press, everyone is to blame for Jason Arday's death — except them. Nathan Sparkes on a press reaction that has been defensive, evasive and hypocritical: www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...
IPSO says what counts as "state regulation" can differ depending on your point of view. From a body that claims to uphold editorial accuracy. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/i...
The Times, Telegraph and Spectator say the press did nothing wrong over Jason Arday. If so, an inquiry and an independent regulator would exonerate them. Yet they campaign against both. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...
"Media abuse is disproportionately directed at academics of colour, women and others with protected characteristics." Dr Corinne Fowler, for Hacked Off. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/w...
When media abuse of academics becomes the norm in HE
Following the death of Jason Arday, Corinne Fowler writes on the toll of media abuse on academics and what universities must do to protect their staff.
hackedoff.org
Jason Arday died on 14 August, aged 41, after a fierce campaign of press hostility. Instead of reflection, the press has offered defensiveness and self-justification. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...
IPSO contradicts itself in chaotic handling of Telegraph complaint: www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/i...
IPSO has the power to investigate its own members' standards. It has never used it. Membership is voluntary. Use the power, lose the members. Professor Paul Wragg on the regulator that cannot afford to regulate: www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...