@hackedoff.bsky.social
Born out of the UK tabloid phone hacking scandal. We fight for press accountability, for justice for victims still denied and for a responsible press that protects the public, upholds democracy, and defends free expression. https://linktr.ee/hackedoff
@hackedoff.bsky.socialNo, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’
The Express front page claimed asylum seekers get “more freedom” than citizens. They cannot work or claim benefits. Emma Monk sets out the facts.
@hackedoff.bsky.socialAnti-SLAPP laws are meant to stop the powerful silencing critics. What happens when the powerful party is the newspaper?
SLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer
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@hackedoff.bsky.socialSLAPPs and the press: why the Anti-SLAPP Bill is the wrong answer
The Bill would apply to any claim touching a matter of public interest — whether or not it is abusive, whether or not it is meritorious.
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@hackedoff.bsky.socialThree hours until doors at the Rally for Justice.
Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY. Doors 6pm, speeches followed by live music until 11pm.
Still without a ticket?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialTonight. Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice.
Doors 6pm, Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY. Speeches, then live music until 11pm.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialFinal call for tomorrow's Rally for Justice.
Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. 6–11pm. Speeches on the Hillsborough Law and press reform, then live music.
Apply for a ticket tonight: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialTomorrow night: Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice.
Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Doors 6pm, music until 11pm.
Last chance to apply for a ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.social“IPSO is not an effective restraint on the activities of the British press and misinformation about the climate crisis fills the newspapers.”
Climate misinformation and press regulation
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@hackedoff.bsky.social"IPSO is not an effective restraint on the activities of the British press and misinformation about the climate crisis fills the newspapers."
Climate misinformation and press regulation
www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/c...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialTwo days to go.
Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice — Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool.
Speeches from campaigners, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters, then live music.
@hackedoff.bsky.socialThree days to go. Tickets for the Rally for Justice are allocated by application and demand is high — apply now rather than on the night.
Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialClimate misinformation and press regulation
Fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail piece on wind power. Almost a year at IPSO. The result: one sentence amended.
www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/c...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialA duty of candour for public bodies. Real accountability for the press.
Two demands, one principle: people harmed by the powerful are entitled to the truth.
Rally for Justice, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, Monday 28 September, 6–11pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.social“that can never happen. We would never let that happen” — a pollster, secretly filmed, on a paper learning who commissioned its front-page poll.
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press:
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@hackedoff.bsky.social"Presented instead as a newspaper exclusive, it can look like independent evidence of public opinion."
How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
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@hackedoff.bsky.socialLeveson Part Two was promised to the victims of press abuse. It has still not happened.
The Hillsborough Law proves that unfinished business can be finished when people keep pushing.
Rally for Justice, Liverpool, Monday 28 September, 6–11pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialWho you will hear from at the Rally for Justice: campaigners who won the Hillsborough Law, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters — followed by live music from Liverpool artists.
Monday 28 September, 6–11pm, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
@hackedoff.bsky.socialHow commissioned polling is laundered into the press
Polls secretly arranged by Reform UK ran in The Times and The Telegraph — readers were never told who commissioned them.
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@hackedoff.bsky.socialHow commissioned polling is laundered into the press.
The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK, without telling readers who commissioned them.
@hackedoff.bsky.socialOne week today: Hillsborough Law & Press Reform: A Rally for Justice.
Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. Monday 28 September, 6–11pm. Speeches from campaigners, survivors, Ministers and well-known supporters, then live music.
Apply for tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillsborou...
