Rejected petition Formally regulate the UK media to stop the spread of hate speech

Neil Basu, our counter terrorism chief has said that the far-right are being radicalised by mainstream newspapers.

Self regulation is clearly not working and therefor the government must step in and implement formal oversight.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because newspapers are already regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. We aren't sure what further action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You can find out more about IPSO here:

https://www.ipso.co.uk/

You could start a new petition calling for a change to these arrangements if that is something you would like to see happen.

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Date submitted 21 March 2019
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