The Times view on media regulation: Free Press – The Times

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UK newspapers remain clear of state regulation but some MPs are unwilling to let the Leveson inquirys proposal of government idea die

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A free press is integral to a liberal democracy. It is iniquitous that Labour politicians are seeking to revive the idea of statutory control of the media, a decade since David Camerons government rejected the proposal by the Leveson inquiry into press standards that the government should regulate the media. In place of a state regulator, 1,500 print titles and 1,100 online titles, including the majority of national outlets, have so far signed up to the Independent Press Standards Organisation, a body independent of the government. IPSO is acknowledged to have worked well.

Some politicians, however, are unwilling to let the idea of statutory regulation die. Kim Leadbeater proposes to tag it on to the Online Safety Bill, which is going through parliament. The bill,

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