questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for print and online news publishers; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of independent regulation for the print and online media in safeguarding press freedom, accuracy and better standards; and what proposals her Department are considering to strengthen independent regulation of national news publishers.
answerText: As a government we are closely following trends in media consumption and are carefully considering the best route forward to safeguard public trust in our news media.In the UK, there is a self-regulatory system for the press, which is independent from gov...
heading: Newspaper Press: Regulation