Research: Regulations

Regulations:

Definition: Regulations are a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.

• Ofcom - They are a regulator authority for the UK communications industries. It regulates the TV and radio sectors, mobiles and postal services etc. Also protects the publisc from harmful or offensive material that could be used.
• IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation) - They are independent regulators for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. They help protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help maintain freedom of expression for the press.
• PCC (Press Complaints Commission) - They are a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazines, consisting of representatives of the major publisher.
• Free Press - They are a freedom of the press, legal protections for public communications media.
• The Leveson Enquiry - This is where they judge public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press.

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The Daily Mail & The Guardian

The Daily Mail is part of the IPSO group where as The Guardian is not, this means that if the Daily Mail were to get sued if they published anything that can't be allowed or there is offensive material then they could ask IPSO, to help them prove that, for example, there is nothing wrong with the published newspaper etc and try not to pay the fine they received. However, with The Guardian not being part of IPSO if they got the same problem and getting a fine for something that can't be published they will have no one to back them up and might struggle and have to pay the fine. It is up to newspapers if they want to be part of the IPSO group or not. in 2011 when The Leveson Enquiry started to sort out the culture, practices and ethics within newspapers, this therefore created huge scams as a lot of complaints were made by the newspapers, if the newspaper was with IPSO they could of stopped them spending money on fines if they got help to prove they were wrong. Also, The Daily Mail follow the Free Press this means that a press is not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology this means that they are not restricted to a side on a certain politics story etc. Finally, all of the newspapers have to follow Ofcom rules as they can't have offensive or harmful material, if this happens the public can complain to Ofcom where they have to investigate that article and see if it doesn't follow the rules that were made.