Free speech campaigners and activists concerned about the threat to press freedom are coming together under the banner of the Free the Press campaign.
The national, regional and local newspaper industry – and journalism itself – is under attack from those seeking to control and silence the press via a broad Leveson-style enquiry into the media industry and punitive costs sanctions to be inserted into the data protection regime. This direct attack on the principle of free speech must be opposed. Coverage of this important issue is below:
- Data Protection Bill to pass without Leveson Two after House of Lords concedes to MPs (Press Gazette, 21 May 2018)
- Lords capitulate in row with MPs over press regulation (Yellow Advertiser, 21 May 2018)
- Date set for NMA appeal over High Court judgement on Impress (HoldtheFrontPage, 18 May 2018)
- MPs vote for second time against new Leveson-style inquiry (The Guardian, 15 May 2018)
- Parliament has no business interfering with a free press (Sir Edward Garnier QC, The Times, 15 May 2018)
- MPs vote down second bid for Leveson Two in a week after Culture Secretary offers new powers to scrutinise press regulator (Press Gazette, 15 May 2018)
- MPs crush bid for a new Leveson Inquiry for second time in a week (Daily Mirror, 15 May 2018)
- Bid to muzzle the press is defeated as MPs vote to reject Lords amendment calling for Leveson Inquiry rerun (The Sun, 15 May 2018)
- Enemies of the STATE' – Lords take ‘REVENGE’ and force ANOTHER vote on press freedom (Express, 15 May 2018)
- Why MPs Must Vote Against Leveson II – Again (Spiked, 15 May 2018)
- Lords vote for new Leveson press inquiry (Financial Times, 14 May 2018)
- Unelected peers launch fresh assault on press freedom by passing amendment for a Leveson 2 Inquiry just days after MPs voted against it (Daily Mail, 14 May 2018)
- It is constitutionally improper for the Lords to back Leveson 2 against the wishes of MPs (The Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2018)
- Gagger Hugh Grant happily plots to kill others’ privacy (The Times, 13 May 2018)
- Jacob Rees-Mogg Peers will fail the people if the they demand Part Two of the Leveson Inquiry (The Sun, 13 May 2018)
- Tabloid-hating peers ‘plotting to win support for new Leveson inquiry’ by adding another clause on Northern Ireland (The Sun, 13 May 2018)
- Lords' attempt to salvage a second Leveson inquiry is 'constitutionally dubious', MPs warn (The Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2018)
- Keeping a free and fair press is one of the defining political issues of our age (The Guardian, 13 May 2018)
- Liberal Democrat MP call for more free Press crackdown is an attack on vital principles and democracy (Daily Record, 13 May 2018)
- John McLellan: Politicians are trying to kill off the free Press (The Scotsman, 12 May 2018)
- Lords launch another attempt to muzzle the free Press just days after a bid was defeated in the Commons (Daily Mail, 12 May 2018)
- Column by South Dorset MP Richard Drax: Danger of more press regulation (Dorset Echo, 11 May 2018)
- REVEALED: Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve voted for a 'Leveson 2' inquiry into press standards (Bucks Free Press, 11 May 2018)
- Express & Star comment: MPs must not kill off the press (Express & Star, 9 May 2018)
- Free speech under threat by Data Protection amendments says Advertiser and Express editor (Maidenhead Advertiser, 9 May 2018)
- MPs must protect the free press: we all depend on it (Jodie Ginsberg, The Times, 9 May 2018)
- Plan to muzzle press ‘will usher in legal Dark Ages’ (The Times, 9 May 2018)
- Threat to Freedom (The Times, 9 May 2018)
- Britain’s press singled out for further punishment (Financial Times, 8 May 2018)
- JOHN WHITTINGDALE Do you want the Government to control what is in your newspaper? (The Sun, 8 May 2018)
- Press faces 'darker future' if MPs vote for greater regulation (Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, The Daily Telegraph, 8 May 2018)
- We don’t need another inquiry into the press after Leveson (The Guardian, 8 May 2018)
- Theresa May urges MPs to ditch tighter press regulation that would 'undermine' free speech (Independent, 8 May 2018)
- Why you need to tell your MP to stop the amendments to the Data Protection Bill and protect UK journalism (The Yorkshire Post, 8 May 2018)
- Editors unite against Data Protection bill amendments (KentOnline, 8 May 2018)
- PM speaks up for free press as industry rep warns Data Protection Bill cost sanctions would 'cripple' local and national newspapers (Press Gazette, 8 May 2018)
- PM urges MPs to vote down plans that "undermine free press" (The Scotsman, 8 May 2018)
- Local newspaper editors from across the country unite to urge MPs not to join a Labour-backed plot to muzzle the Press (Daily Mail, 8 May 2018)
- We must not take a hammer to journalism (Tom Tugendhat, The Times, 8 May 2018)
- Regional press under threat if proposed changes to Data Protection Bill are introduced (The Press and Journal, 7 May 2018)
- Papers will close if amendment becomes law, warn local editors (HoldtheFrontPage, 8 May 2018)
- Theresa May warns MPs: don't undermine our free press (The Daily Telegraph, 8 May 2018)
- Labour press rules ‘would fail in court’ (The Times, 7 May 2018)
- Labour's 'plans for two-tier press regulation that would favour supportive Guardian over other newspapers' would be illegal, warns a leading QC (Daily Mail, 7 May 2018)
- Editors warn of attempts to tighten press regulation (Yellow Advertiser, 7 May 2018)
- ANDREW NICOLL Newspaper regulation imposed by vengeful politicians isn’t impressive at all – and could destroy the industry (The Scottish Sun, 6 May 2018)
- Labour MPs ‘threatening press freedom’ (The Times, 5 May 2018)
- MPs must vote against this attempt to muzzle the press (The Daily Telegraph, 5 May 2018)
- Labour's libel plot to muzzle newspapers that would see press pay hefty legal bills if they are sued - but The Guardian would be spared (Daily Mail, 5 May 2018)
- Local paper chiefs reject move to hold new Leveson-style inquiry into the press because it will hinder reporting (The Sun, 4 May 2018)
- Best-selling UK daily and Sunday newspapers sign up to compulsory arbitration scheme from press regulator IPSO (Press Gazette, 4 May 2018)
- George Osborne warns Data Protection Bill cost amendments would be 'body blow' to regional press (Press Gazette, 1 May 2018)
- EXCLUSIVE: Threat to press freedom recedes further as watchdog announces measures which 'should' win over potential Tory rebels (The Yorkshire Post, 1 May 2018)
- The Reader: Parliament must not put even more curbs on press freedom (Evening Standard, 30 April 2018)
- UK holds at 40th in 'alarming' World Press Freedom rankings making it one of the worst for journalists in western Europe (Press Gazette, 25 April 2018)
- UK one of worst-ranked Western Europe countries in press freedom index (Evening Standard, 25 April 2018)
- The freedom of the press in the UK has declined dramatically – threatening the basis of our democracy (Independent, 25 April 2018)
- HOW DID BRITAIN END UP AT NO40 ON THE WORLD PRESS-FREEDOM RANKINGS? (Spiked, 25 April 2018)
- UK has 'EMBARRASSING' record on press freedom from THREATS to journalists and regulation (Express, 25 April 2018)
- Press Shackles (The Times, 25 April 2018)
- Britain among the worst in Europe for press freedom (The Times, 25 April 2018)
- Why DevonLive.com journalists oppose Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act (DevonLive, 12 April 2018)
- Scottish news publishers warn cost penalties in Data Protection Bill would be 'extremely damaging' to industry (Press Gazette, 09 April 2018)
- Regional lobby chairman hits out at peers’ Section 40-style proposal (HoldtheFrontPage, 03 April 2018)
- Minister’s broadside at Watson over Mosley: Only he would be happy to have man with racist past in charge of regulating Jewish paper, says Culture Secretary (Daily Mail, 25 March 2018)
- Government wins fight to overturn Data Protection Bill cost provisions but battle not yet over (Press Gazette, 21 March 2018)
- Government to review changes to Data Protection Bill that would 'close down investigative journalism in the UK (Press Gazette, 19 March 2018)
- Press Freedom Letter from WAN IFRA and World Editors Forum (The Times, 17 March 2018)
- Data Protection Bill must protect press freedom, free speech groups say (Index on Censorship, 15 March 2018)
- PA editor says Data Protection Bill cost sanctions would put 'all' of its news services at risk and 'obstruct' crime reporting (Press Gazette, 15 March 2018)
- Revealed: Mosley money's two hidden donations to aid press-hating professor behind Hacked Off (Daily Mail, 8 March 2018)
- Press regulation: it is time we moved on (Mediatel, 7 March 2018)
- Tory and Labour MPs unite over threat to press freedom (Yorkshire Post, 7 March 2018)
- Politicians haven’t given up on getting back at the press – the Data Protection Bill proves it (Independent, 6 March 2018)
- Don’t give elites a legal way to strangle investigative journalism (The Guardian, 6 March 2018)
- Don't back 'abhorrent' Max Mosley on Press curbs, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells MPs in impassioned Commons speech (Daily Mail, 6 March 2018)
- Hijacking of data bill will prevent press uncovering scandals like Oxfam, former culture secretary warns (The Sunday Telegraph, 4 March 2018)
- Press Gang (The Times, 2 March 2018)
- Northern Ireland professor sits on board of press regulator funded by mogul facing racism claims (Belfast Telegraph, 2 March 2018)
- Democracy is threatened if local papers lose out to Google and Facebook (The Times, 2 March 2018)
- National newspapers welcome closure of Leveson Inquiry but warn of threat to press freedom from Data Protection Bill changes (Press Gazette, 2 March 2018)
- Now Impress newspaper watchdog supported by Max Mosley's money faces backlash from members (Daily Mail, 2 March 2018)
- Skwawkbox among Impress members considering cutting ties with regulator over Daily Mail's Max Mosley revelations (Press Gazette, 2 March 2018)
- Leveson Inquiry: Move welcomed to drop Section 40 which spelled 'hammer blow' to local newspapers (Express and Star, 1 March 2018)
- Index welcomes announcement on Section 40 (Index on Censorship, 1 March 2018)
- The Leveson debate is a sideshow – British journalism is in great danger (Inews, 1 March 2018)
- The Government is right: the time for a second Leveson inquiry has passed (Independent, 1 March 2018)
- Labour 'won't accept' more money from Max Mosley (BBC, 1 March 2018)
- Max Mosley must face up to his poisonous past (David Aaronovitch, The Times, 1 March 2018)
- The Guardian view on Leveson part two: look ahead, not behind (The Guardian, 1 March 2018)
- Evening Standard comment: Mr Hancock is right – we don’t need Leveson 2 (Evening Standard, 1 March 2018)
- Max Mosley: Media companies may quit regulator Impress (The Times, 1 March 2018)
- BREAKING NEWS: Prosecutors ask Scotland Yard to consider whether Max Mosley told lies at his orgy privacy trial (Daily Mail, 28 February 2018)
- Labour says it will stop accepting donations from Max Mosley (The Guardian, 28 February 2018)
- Max Mosley facing perjury investigation as racist pamphlet is handed to police (The Daily Telegraph, 28 February 2018)
- The Daily Mail's attack on Max Mosley may be political, but clamping down on the newspaper would be damaging to democracy (Independent, 28 February 2018)
- Labour will not accept any more donations from Max Mosley after 'racist' pamphlet uncovered by Daily Mail (Press Gazette, 28 February 2018)
- Mosley in storm over racist leaflet (The Times, 28 February 2018)
- Vile leaflet that damns Mosley: Sorry Max, but the Daily Mail has unearthed your pamphlet – and it's sickening (Daily Mail, 28 February 2018)
- Max Mosley accused by Daily Mail of publishing racist leaflet in 1960s (The Guardian, 27 February 2018)
- Max Mosley faces questions over whether he lied in court over racist leaflet (The Daily Telegraph, 27 February 2018)
- Alastair Campbell: Misguided Lords will damage real local journalism (Yorkshire Post, 23 February 2018)
- Theresa May still committed to overturning peers' data cost moves and hints at new social media definition in platform/publisher debate (Press Gazette, 22 February 2018)
- Prime minister tells editors: Local press will have ‘fair playing field’ (Portsmouth News, 21 February 2018)
- Alison Rowat: Corbyn's threat to press on spy claims is wrong move (Sunday Herald, 22 February 2018)
- Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘change is coming’ warning to the press is chilling (The Spectator, 20 February 2018)
- West Norfolk MP backs opposition to press threat (Lynn News, 20 February 2018)
- Max Mosley 'using data protection law to gag the media' (The Daily Telegraph, 16 February 2018)
- Robert McNeil: Limits on our free speech? Give it a rest Max Mosley (The Herald, 6 February 2018)
- Max attacks (The Sun, 16 February 2018)
- Max Mosley is a bitter, deviant vengeful bully who now wants to censor both the news and the past, writes STEPHEN GLOVER (Stephen Glover, Daily Mail, 15 February 2018)
- In Self-Defence (The Times, 15 February 2018)
- MAX MUZZLEY Max Mosley has begun a legal bid to gag the Press forever over his S&M orgy (The Sun, 15 February 2018)
- Ex-F1 boss begins legal bid to limit free speech (The Times, 15 February 2018)
- Max Mosley launches legal bid to scrub his notorious German-themed orgy from history in a chilling attack on Press freedom (Daily Mail, 15 February 2018)
- Ashley Highfield: MPs need to vote against 'harmful, backdoor threat to local and regional papers' (Sunderland Echo, 10 February 2018)
- Ashley Highfield: The House of Lords is risking the future of local newspapers (Yorkshire Post, 9 February 2018)
- Journalism under threat: Ten reasons we love what we do (Shropshire Star, 7 February 2018)
- Section 40: We will not be cowed by conceit (Express and Star, 7 February 2018)
- New regional lobby chairman to seek better access for political journalists (HoldtheFrontPage, 29 January 2018)
- Why we need to hold our politicians to account (The Sunday Times, 28 January 2018)
- Defence Secretary: 'All Section 40 is going to do is destroy the local press' (PressGazette, 25 January 2018)
- Section 40 will destroy local press, warns defence secretary (HoldtheFrontPage, 25 January 2018)
- John McLellan: More serious threats to press than awful SNP broadcast (Scotsman, 24 January 2018)
- Gavin Williamson: Section 40 backers want to kill off local press (Express & Star, 24 January 2018)
- A very shabby revenge? How a third of the 200 peers who voted to make it far harder for journalists to investigate corruption have been exposed by the media they’re seeking to muzzle (The Daily Mail, 19 January 2018)
- Hugh Tomlinson, chairman of Hacked Off, hired as QC for Paradise Papers leak (The Times, 17 January 2018)
- Next stop Totalitarian Britain? 'It's beyond belief that unelected Lords are trying to muzzle the free press' (The Yorkshire Post, 16 January 2018)
- Press freedom groups urge PM to repeal Section 40 cost penalties legislation (Press Gazette, 15 January 2018)
- The Press Imperilled (The Times, 12 January 2018)
- Plymouth councillor is caught up in national media storm after calling for tougher controls on the press (DevonLive, 13 January 2018)
- Labour hopeful backs press curb after report about his dismissal from job as a 999 call handler appears in local paper (Daily Mail, 13 January 2018)
- May vows to defend free press after Lords push for inquiry (The Times, 12 January 2018)
- Government will seek to overturn Lords vote on newspapers, says May (The Guardian, 11 January 2018)
- Ministers vow to overturn Lords ‘hammer blow to local press’ (HoldtheFrontPage, 11 January 2018)
- Matt Hancock: Lords' Leveson 'yes' vote is blow to local press (The Guardian, 11 January 2018)
- Data Protection Bill amendments are 'backdoor' to 'state-backed' press regulation, warns NMA (Press Gazette, 11 January 2018)
- Peers deal a blow to plans to protect freedom of the Press by voting for amendments that could curb ability to investigate corruption (Daily Mail, 11 January 2018)
- English PEN and RSF write to Theresa May, urging her to repeal Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Reporters Without Borders and English PEN, 10 January 2018)
- House of Lords votes for fresh probe into press ethics more than 5 years after Leveson Inquiry (Daily Mirror, 10 January 2018)
- Peers use bill to attack free press by back door (The Times, 10 January 2018)
- New Culture secretary pledges to defend press freedom after peers vote to 'restart' Leveson inquiry (Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2018)
- John McLellan: 2018 significant for future of Scottish media (The Scotsman, 9 January 2018)
- Peers reject attack on press freedom (The Times, 14 December 2017)
- Sinister campaign that could prevent the Press from exposing crimes to be voted on in the Lords today (Daily Mail, 13 December 2017)
- Peers try to muzzle Britain’s free press with ambush in the Lords (The Sun, 12 December 2017)
- Roy Greenslade: Why Snooper's Charter, Data Protection Act and Section 40 all threaten UK's status as bastion of press freedom (PressGazette, 12 December 2017)
- New curbs on the Press would help criminals and corrupt politicians avoid being exposed (Daily Mail, 11 December 2017)
- Investigative journalism under threat from plans to restrict press freedom, peers warn (Daily Telegraph, 12 December 2017)
- Data bill means censorship, BBC warns (The Times, 22 November 2017)
- State-backed Press body 'broke political lobbying rules by pressing for changes to the Data Protection Bill' (Daily Mail, 20 November 2017)
- State-funded Press Recognition Panel accused of misusing public funds with 'self-serving lobbying activity' on Data Protection Bill (PressGazette, 11 November 2017)
- Press freedom threatened by changes to data bill, say peers (The Times, 7 November 2017)
- New assault on Press that could let criminals, corrupt business leaders and cheating MPs escape being exposed (Daily Mail, 6 November 2017)
- News Media Association warns all journalism could be endangered by Lords changes to Data Protection Act (PressGazette, 6 November 2017)
- Data protection bill ‘threatens press freedom (The Times, 4 November 2017)
- In the Public Interest (The Times, 3 November 2017)
- Mosley friend wants Impress code recognised (The Times, 3 November 2017)
- Press freedom laws ‘at risk from Labour (The Times, 29 October 2017)
- A little birdie told me the far left hates a free press (The Sunday Times, 1 October 2017)
- Distinctly Unimpressive (The Times, 29 September 2017)
- Press watchdog's future in doubt after chief's anti-Mail tweets (The Guardian, 28 September 2017)
- Jonathan Heawood, chief of Mosley’s press watchdog Impress, said newspapers were ‘fascist’ (The Times, 28 September 2017)
- State Press watchdog censures its own boss... for his tweets attacking the Press (Daily Mail, 28 September 2017)
- Press regulators Impress breached own impartiality guidelines, internal report finds (The Telegraph, 28 September 2017)
- BOSSES BIASED Press regulator boss discredits group after being found guilty of biased slurs against tabloids (The Sun, 28 September 2017)
- Press regulator Impress bans own chief executive from dealing with major Fleet Street publishers after anti-press tweets (Press Gazette, 28 September 2017)
- Regulation debate in UK sends shockwaves to our shores (NewsMediaWorks, 19 January 2017)
- Section 40 decision set to be delayed by legal actions (HoldtheFrontPage, 18 January 2017)
- Nicola Sturgeon slams UK Government bid to gag the press (Daily Record, 12 January 2017)
- 140,000 give views on press regulation (The Times, 12 January 2017)
- Scottish Government rejects press clampdown and Section 40 law (The Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2017)
- 'UNFAIR AND UNDEMOCRATIC' First Press laws in 300 years would cost newspapers £100million, analysis reveals (The Sun, 11 January 2017)
- Majority of British public do NOT want draconian libel laws that put the freedom of Britain's Press in peril (MailOnline, 11 January 2017)
- Former county judge calls Section 40 press crackdown "tyrannical" (Worcester News, 11 January 2017)
- North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson says Section 40 'disaster' for local press (Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer, 11 January, 2017)
- Section 40 would cost local press £48m a year say bosses (HoldtheFrontPage, 11 January 2017)
- Here's what section 40 would do to the British press – and it's not good (The Guardian, 11 January 2017)
- Press crackdown could cost £100m a year (The Times, 11 January 2017)
- It's time to put Section 40 and the threat of a second Leveson inquiry behind us (Raymond Snoddy, Mediatel, 11 January 2017)
- Why Private Eye and the FT are right to oppose section 40 (Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 11 January 2017)
- Press arbitration (Sir Alan Moses, Chairman, IPSO, The Times, 11 January 2017)
- Section 40: Today is your last chance to defend your right to know (Derby Telegraph, 10 January 2017)
- Newspapers warn "draconian law" Section 40 would cost industry £100m a year (City AM, 10 January 2017)
- Guardian and FT join call for repeal of section 40 media law (The Guardian, 10 January 2017)
- Section 40 'could cost press industry £100million a year' (Yorkshire Evening Post, 10 January 2017)
- You have the right to be informed: Write to UK.gov, save El Reg (The Register, 10 January 2017)
- Financial Times opposes new UK press law (Financial Times, 10 January 2017)
- PA: “Bringing Section 40 into force will simply enact an expensive and pointless injustice” (Press Association, 10 January 2017)
- The end of the Salford Star? (Salford Star, 10 January 2017)
- PR will be 'stranded' and 'purposeless' if Section 40 is introduced, comms pros warn (PR Week, 10 January 2017)
- State press regulator 'has major flaws' (The Times, 9 January 2017)
- If Section 40 is implemented it could mean the closure of your newspaper (The Leader, 9 January 2017)
- If Section 40 goes ahead, it won't just be tabloids that suffer (Nicola Namdjou, Global Witness, New Statesman, 9 January 2017)
- UK's Section 40 press law would curb independent, investigative journalism (Committee to Protect Journalists, 9 January 2017)
- Hours left to have say in press investigations consultation (The Belfast Telegraph, 9 January 2017)
- Section 40: Will the press be forced to pay the costs in court cases - even if they win? (The Independent, 9 January 2017)
- Could state law be end of investigative press? (Press and Journal, 9 January 2017)
- After 300 years, the freedom of Britain's Press is in peril. YOU can save it (Daily Mail, 9 January 2017)
- Fake news bombards us from every side - public interest journalism is a crucial element of democracy and worth fighting for (Wales Online, 9 January 2017)
- Section 40 is an appalling piece of legislation which will damn publishers (Independent, 9 January 2017)
- Help us keep freedom to do our job (South Wales Evening Post, 8 January 2017)
- A charter for frivolous and malicious court cases (Isle of Wight County Press, 8 January 2017)
- The freedom of press is under threat and time is running out - but you can help (Daily Express, 8 January 2017)
- FIGHT FOR A FREE PRESS Join the fight to keep investigative journalism and your freedom alive (The Sun, 8 January 2017)
- Press freedom: Don’t punish newspapers for telling the truth, MP urges Culture Secretary (Express and Star, 8 January 2017)
- You have two days to help save press freedom from ghosts in black shirts (The Sunday Times, 8 January 2017)
- A free press must be defended at all costs (Stoke Sentinel, 8 January 2017)
- Newspapers and the State (The Times, 7 January 2017)
- Why plans to hobble UK newspapers are a tyrant's charter (Ian Birrell, The Daily Mail, 7 January 2017)
- MPs should be targeting fake news - not the free press (The Telegraph, 6 January 2017)
- Freedom to seek out the truth in peril (Yorkshire Post, 6 January 2017)
- Recorder Comment: The Year Ahead (Methodist Recorder, 6 January 2017)
- Campaigners and charities face being gagged under 'chilling' new press laws (Mike Harris, Daily Mirror, 6 January 2017)
- The News & Star could pay the price for telling readers the truth (News & Star, 6 January 2017)
- Don’t clap our crusading press in leg-irons (Michael Gove, The Times, 6 January 2017)
- Help the Advertiser’s fight to preserve your right to free speech (Rotherham Advertiser, 6 January 2017)
- Why Fleet Street is right to fight government-backed regulation of the press (Tim Crook, The Conversation, 6 January 2017)
- The Oxford Mail stands up against Government Section 40 proposals to muzzle the free press (The Oxford Mail, 6 January 2017)
- Section 40: Do you believe in a free press? It is under threat like never before (Cambridge News, 6 January 2017)
- What is Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013? (Index on Censorship, 6 January 2017)
- This clumsy, ill-conceived reform will do more harm than good (Liverpool Echo, 6 January 2017)
- The disturbing dossier that reveals just how biased those who want to ‘impartially’ regulate the British press really are (The Sun, 6 January 2017)
- The stories that could not have been told under a controversial new press law (Western Mail, 6 January, 2017)
- Help the Oxford Mail fight for press freedom ahead of crucial Article 40 decision (Banbury Cake, 5 January 2017)
- Leveson II: Revenge of the Freedom-snatchers (spiked, 5 January 2017)
- Section 40: The only law in British history to punish people for telling the truth (International Business Times, 5 January 2017)
- Chance to have your say on threat to press freedom (Newark Advertiser, 5 January 2017)
- Don't let politicians kill off your local papers (Maidenhead Advertiser, 5 January 2017)
- Why we need your help on Leveson's Section 40 (The Echo, 5 January 2017)
- Press regulation will be a boon to anti-journalists like Katie Hopkins (The Spectator, 5 January 2017)
- Curbs on the press (Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director, European Publishers Council, The Times, 5 January 2017)
- A law that loads the dice in favour of criminals (Andrew Norfolk, The Times, 5 January 2017)
- Revealed, the scare tactics of the men who want to shackle the Press: The head of the world's most popular gay news website exposes an attempt to bully him into submitting to Max Mosley's press regulator (Daily Mail, 5 January 2017)
- After 20 years of scam-busting, a new law could mean victory for the crooks and the end of my investigations (Daily Mirror, 5 January 2017)
- Newspapers rally to protect press freedom by highlighting public disapproval for Max Mosley-backed regulator (The Drum, 4 January 2017)
- Alan Hubbard: Why freedom to expose corruption in sport is now under threat in the UK (Alan Hubbard, insidethegames, 4 January 2017)
- Leveson has 'no wish' to chair second inquiry (Society of Editors, 4 January 2017)
- Join us in the crucial fight to protect your right to know (Cambrian News, 4 January 2017)
- Poll shows the British public back an industry-funded newspaper regulator (Ipswich Star, 4 January 2017)
- The British press could soon be at the mercy of its enemies (CapX, 4 January 2017)
- Help us defend freedom of the press in the UK as section 40 puts papers under threat (St Albans and Harpenden Review, 4 January 2017)
- SECTION 40: Help us fight new law that threatens press freedom (The Bolton News, 4 January 2017)
- Newspapers seek to tell the truth, we shouldn't be punished for that (Manchester Evening News, 4 January 2017)
- Government threatens existence of free press through Section 40 of Crime and Courts Act (Swindon Advertiser, 4 January 2017)
- YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW: Help us fight section 40 legal threat to your right to be told the truth (Leigh Journal, 4 January 2017)
- Just one person in 20 supports press regulation funded by rich and powerful (Birmingham Mail, 4 January 2017)
- Public rejects wealthy donor funding model for Press regulation (Scottish Newspaper Society, 4 January 2017)
- Only 4% of people trust the planned new model to regulate the press (Borehamwood and Elstree Times, 4 January 2017)
- Poll shows British public back industry funded newspaper regulator (Liverpool Echo, 4 January 2017)
- Political threat to Press Freedom is "astonishingly illiberal and illogical" (UKIP, 4 January 2017)
- YouGov Poll: Public Rejects Impress’ Wealthy Donor Funding Model (Peterborough Telegraph, 4 January 2017)
- Majority of British adults support press regulator funded by newspaper industry, survey shows (Press Gazette, 4 January 2017)
- Only 4% of people trust the planned new model to regulate the press (WalesOnline, 4 January 2017)
- Public rejects Impress’ wealthy donor funding model (Newbury Weekly News, 4 January 2017)
- Tighter press controls not priority, say 99% of voters (The Times, 4 January 2017)
- Mosley rebuffed after public says newspapers should regulate themselves (The Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2017)
- CENSORSHIP BLOW Only FOUR per cent of Brits believe the super-rich and wealthy – like tycoon Max Mosley – ‘should fund Press regulator’ and rate it low on priority list for 2017 (The Sun, 4 January 2017)
- Don’t let politicians destroy press freedom, act now (Metro, 4 January 2017)
- That don't impress me much, say public of Max Mosley-backed press regulator's funding structure (City AM, 4 January 2017)
- Industry claims public backing in Section 40 battle after new poll (HoldtheFrontPage, 4 January 2017)
- Public deeply opposed to press regulators funded by wealthy individuals (Press and Journal, 4 January 2017)
- Only 4% back press regulation that is funded by the rich and powerful (Daily Mirror, 4 January 2017)
- Karen Bradley needs to stand up to this threat to the press - Melanie McDonagh (Evening Standard, 3 January 2017)
- If another country had a press law like Section 40, Britain would condemn it for persecuting journalists (The Daily Telegraph, 3 January 2017)
- Forcing newspapers to pay their opponents legal costs even if they win are 'extremely fair,' insists Max Mosley, who threatens to fund state-backed press regulator for a 'very long time' (Daily Mail, 3 January 2017)
- Putting this rabble in charge of the Press would be like putting the Kray Twins in charge of the Police Complaints Commission: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on why we don't want Left-wing bigots deciding what you can read in your paper (Daily Mail, 3 January 2017)
- Only the guilty will cheer curbs on the press (The Times, 3 January 2017)
- Why we cannot give up 200 years of press freedom without a fight (Birmingham Mail, 2 January 2017)
- Do you want to gag the truth? Why new law will silence the free press (Daily Mirror, 2 January 2017)
- Sun Editor Tony Gallagher Calls Plan To Bill Newspapers In Court Cases They Win ‘Insane’ (Huffington Post, 2 January 2017)
- Letter to Editor - Press Freedom is Too Valuable to be Cast Aside So Carelessly (Eastern Daily Press, 2 January 2017)
- Legal cost plans 'attempt to blackmail press into signing up to regulator' (East Lothian Courier, 2 January 2017)
- When winning means losing — and the price of publishing becomes too high (The Sunday Times, 1 January 2017)
- Don't let politicians destroy Press freedom: The rotten rogues' charter could cripple local papers like mine, says one editor-in-chief (Daily Mail, 1 January 2017)
- Chance to add voice to Shropshire Star's fight over newspaper legislation (Shropshire Star, 31 December 2016)
- Is Justice Served if the Press is Silenced? (The Lancashire Evening Post, 30 December 2016)
- Fight for Right to Save the Truth (The Sun, 30 December 2016)
- Help us defend freedom of the press in the UK as section 40 puts papers under threat (Herts and Essex Observer, 30 December 2016)
- David Blunkett: This threat to Press freedom is so wrong - and I speak as a victim of hacking (Daily Mail, 30 December 2016)
- Britain’s free press is under threat (The Spectator, 29 December 2016)
- YOUR newspaper needs YOUR help NOW! Press freedom is under threat. (Gazette & Herald, 29 December)
- Threat to Silence Investigative Journalism (The Sun, 29 December 2016)
- Jacob Rees Mogg: Section 40 will kill off the free local press. It must be stopped (The Telegraph, 29 December 2016)
- Don't let politicians destroy Press freedom: Act NOW if you want to help defend the right to read a website like MailOnline (Daily Mail, 28 December 2016)
- Newspapers in Peril (The Times, 26 December 2016)
- In 2017, further interference from the state could spell the end for press freedom (Independent, 26 December 2016)
- Implementation of Section 40 would be a disaster for press freedom in the UK: Will Gore (Belfast Telegraph, 26 December 2016)
- Government legislation could mean the end of a free press - but you can help (Kent Live, 26 December 2016)
- JEREMY CLARKSON Help fight the Government’s plan to silence the free Press – and save your own freedom (The Sun, 24 December 2016)
- 'For hundreds of years, Britain’s commitment to a free press has helped make this country a beacon of freedom for the world… But all this is now under threat from MPs and Lords' ( The Daily Telegraph, 23 December 2016)
- Unfair new Press laws would lead to censorship, warn peers (Daily Mail, 22 December 2016)
- A bad law that must go (Evening Standard, 22 December 2016)
- Bradley must face down the foes of the free press (ConservativeHome, 22 December 2016)
- You can help us fight back against an attack on press freedom in the UK (Teesside Gazette, 22 December 2016)
- JUDGE RINDER Section 40 law is a threat to the press – it’s there to protect privacy… not celebrities’ right to be hypocrites (Judge Rinder, The Sun, 22 December 2016)
- Alan Moses: We must fight to prevent the coming attack on press freedom (Evening Standard, 22 December 2016)
- NME response to consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation (News Media Europe, 22 December 2016)
- Stop the snowflake press that the cheats, charlatans and corrupt want you to read (Daily Mirror, 22 December 2016)
- Section 40 jeopardises press freedom (Index on Censorship, 21 December 2016)
- New laws will silence brilliant investigative journalism (i, 21 December 2016)
- Top 2017 New Year’s resolution: help keep the British press free (WAN-IFRA, 21 December 2016)
- Don't let politicians destroy Press freedom: Act NOW if you want to help defend the right to read a website like MailOnline (MailOnline, 21 December 2016)
- Ministers should leave the press 'well alone', former Supreme Court judge says (The Daily Telegraph, 21 December 2016)
- From Undressed to Impress (Country Squire Magazine, 21 December 2016)
- Regional editorial chiefs hit back over Section 40 ‘human shields’ jibe (HoldtheFrontPage, 21 December 2016)
- Local press editor hits back at Hacked Off over 'human shield' jibe on press regulation (Press Gazette, 21 December 2016)
- Help the press to protect freedom of speech (South Wales Argus, 21 December 2016)
- Have your say on the future of press regulation (i, 21 December 2016)
- Section 40 of Crime and Courts Act 2013 threatens Britain's free press - we need your help to stop it (KentOnline, 21 December 2016)
- STEPHEN GLOVER: Mad. Immoral. How justice is being subverted to force newspapers to kow-tow to Mosley's band of Press-haters (Daily Mail, 21 December 2016)
- The Government crusade against press freedom and why we should all be fighting it (WalesOnline, 20 December 2016)
- Competition: write a response to the government’s ‘consultation’ on press freedom (The Spectator, 20 December 2016)
- Stop our free speech from being torn to shreds by backing press freedom in face of Max Mosley’s tyranny (Trevor Kavanagh, The Sun, 19 December 2016)
- Will you have your say on the future of press freedom? (Sunderland Echo, 19 December 2016)
- An unacceptable assault on a free press (The Telegraph, 19 December 2016)
- Impress regulators say they "hate" Daily Mail "scum" (Order Order, 20 December 2016)
- London Press Club members are urged to back the campaign for freedom of the Press and oppose Section 40 (London Press Club, 19 December 2016)
- Impress regulators seek to financially ruin three newspapers (Order Order, 19 December 2016)
- Mosley puts a kinky boot into the press to get his bondage fix (Rod Liddle, The Sunday Times, 18 December 2016)
- Local journalism will die if those who claim to champion a free press get their way (David Higgerson, 18 December 2016)
- THE SUN SAYS The Government must act NOW to protect the free press and keep our important investigative journalism alive (The Sun, 17 December 2016)
- Say no to the shackling of the press (spiked, 16 December 2016)
- The battle for press freedom in the UK may have to be fought all over again (Fraser Nelson, The Telegraph, 16 December 2016)
- If you value your local paper, help to save it (Romsey Advertiser, 16 December 2016)
- Feature: Time to act to help save your paper (Maidenhead Advertiser, 16 December 2016)
- State-backed press regulator wants to ban Daily Mail (Order Order, 16 December 2016)
- Freedom of the press and a state regulator (Lord Lester, The Times, 16 December 2016)
- YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW: Help us fight section 40 legal threat to your right to be told the truth (Telegraph & Argus, 16 December)
- John McLellan: Regulator that is far from being impartial (The Herald, 15 December 2016)
- 'Why press freedom is vital in our democracy', south Essex campaigners speak out over controversial government proposals (Basildon Echo, 15 December 2016)
- Section 40 is an ‘unfair and undemocratic attack on free speech’, warn newspaper editors (The Courier, 15 December 2016)
- Libel law change threatens our paper (The Sheerness Times Guardian, 15 December 2016)
- KM Group editor Leo Whitlock warns of threat to Press freedom (Canterbury Extra, 15 December 2016)
- A free press must not be bullied by the state (David Aaronovitch, The Times, 14 December 2016)
- How you can help to defend this country’s free press (Eastern Daily Press, 14 December 2016)
- Future of local newspapers is at stake (South London Press, 13 December 2016)
- Section 40 powers forcing papers to pay the losers' costs could cripple local papers (Watford Observer, 13 December 2016)
- The future of the free press is now in your hands (Hampshire Chronicle, 12 December 2016)
- COMMENT: New laws will cause profound damage to local press (East London and West Essex Guardian, 11 December 2016)
- If you value your local paper ... help to save it (Southern Daily Echo, 10 December 2016)
- 'It's for the rich and powerful': MPs raise concerns on press legislation plans (Basildon Echo, 8 December 2016)
- Help us stop this legislation which threatens existence of local press (South London Press, 09 December 2016)
- Resist this threat to your local newspaper's survival (Nottingham Post, 7 December 2016)
- COMMENT: How you can help save local newspapers: Say 'no' to Section 40 (Evesham Journal, 7 December 2016)
- COMMENT: How you can help save local newspapers: Say 'no' to Section 40 (Worcester News, 7 December 2016)
- SoE launches 'Save your right to know' campaign against Section 40 (Society of Editors, 2 December 2016)
- Government allows digital giants to publish with impunity while proposing to regulate newspapers out of existence (Press Gazette, 2 December 2016)
- UK’s Official Press Regulator Accused Of Using “Scare Emails” To Sign Up Outlets (Buzzfeed, 30 November 2016)
- Snoopers Charter and Section 40 costs threat set to push UK yet further down Reporters Without Borders press freedom index
- (Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders, 28 November 2016)
- Press freedom: Express & Star Editor KEITH HARRISON on why we need YOU to speak up for us now (Express and Star, 25 November 2016)
- Editors attack ‘medieval’ regulation as MPs prepare for legal costs vote (HoldtheFrontPage, 15 November 2016)
- MP stands up for rights of press over ‘chilling effect’ of proposed new law (The Argus, 14 November 2016)
- Increased press regulation is not only an affront to free speech - it's bad for PR too (Peter Curtain, PR Week, 4 November 2016)
- Press regulation: a return to media normality? (Ray Snoddy, Mediatel, 2 November 2016)
- Section 40: a ruinous penalty on honest journalism (i, 2 November 2016)
- Threat set to push UK yet further down Reporters Without Borders press freedom index (Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders, 28 November 2016)
- Press freedom is too important to be subject to official regulation (David Pannick QC, 10 November 2016)
- May’s state controls will destroy the press (Matthew Parris, The Times, 22 October 2016)