Briefings

Daily Mail Hacking Trial

All the latest on the allegations in the Mail hacking trial

12/2/26

Briefings

ITV's The Hack: Policy briefing

ITV's The Hack is broadcast throughout October

24/9/25

Briefings

Britain's Press: Power Without Responsibility?

7/2/25

Briefings

Parliamentary briefing: press standards & Leveson 2

Download our latest Parliamentary briefing on press standards and Leveson Part Two.

4/10/24

Briefings

Murdoch’s Puppet Show: Pulling on the Strings of Government

A Hacked Off analysis of Government transparency data has revealed the extent of press and Government interactions over the 12 month period from September 2022 to September 2023.

6/2/24

Briefings

Understanding "section 40"

Explainer on section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, setting out what it does and correcting misrepresentations by newspapers and politicians, with the text of the section.

21/11/23

Briefings

Fewer than 3% of Intrusion into Grief complaints upheld

Research carried out by Hacked Off has revealed the strikingly low proportion of “Intrusion into grief or shock” complaints upheld against the press.

12/7/22

Briefings

Briefing on press reporting of fatal domestic abuse

Hacked Off briefing calling for better press reporting of domestic violence, after coverage was found to justify perpetrators and blame victims.

10/12/20

Briefings

IPSO flounders after damning report exposes its impotence

Analysis of a report on IPSO, noting it has not fined any newspaper in six years despite claims of powers to fine up to £1 million.

18/3/20

Briefings

Explainer: Where do political parties stand on protecting the public from press abuse?

Explainer setting out what a new Government should do to protect the public from press abuse and where the parties stand on independent press regulation.

4/2/20

Briefings

Hacked Off response to consultation on News UK undertakings

Hacked Off welcomes the spirit of proposed amendments to the Times undertakings but warns some risk new threats to editorial independence.

16/7/19

Briefings

Cairncross urged to “recommend the adoption of an independent regulator for the newspaper industry, to increase public trust and support its long-term sustainability” in Hacked Off submission

Hacked Off's submission to the Cairncross Review urges it to recommend an independent press regulator to increase public trust and sustainability.

17/9/18

Briefings