United Kingdom
Please find below links to media freedom news items for the UK. These have been organised by publication date.
2022
16.12.22 - Assange: IFJ and EFJ co-sign open letter to US President, IFJ
07.11.22 - Several journalists cyber-snooped, investigation reveals, IFJ
02.11.22 - UK: Launch of Association of overseas Hong Kong media professionals, IFJ
17.09.22 - Protocol and pageantry: Reporting the death of the queen, The Listening Post
09.09.22 - Death of Queen Elizabeth marked around world with tributes and flowers, Reuters
09.09.22 - These images show people around the world honoring Queen Elizabeth II, NPR
09.09.22 - Outpouring of sympathy across the Commonwealth, BBC
08.09.22 - The Legacy of Elizabeth II: The Media Queen, The New York Times
30.08.22 - UK: IFJ backs strike, after Reach talks end without settlement, IFJ
28.08.22 - TikTok: Welsh young people quitting their jobs for social media, BBC
16.08.22 - UK: IFJ backs strike threat amid cost-of-living crisis, IFJ
21.07.22 - Peers Call For Digital Markets Unit Legislation To Be Brought Forward, News Media UK
20.07.22 - United Kingdom: IPI welcomes proposed anti-SLAPP legislation, IPI Media
20.07.22 - UK: Positive steps to tackle lawsuits that threaten free expression, Articla 19
17.06.22 - UK: Home Secretary orders US extradition of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange - RSF
17.06.22 - UK: Home Office minister approves extradition of Assange to the US - IFJ
24.05.2022 - Press Conference on Journalist’s Complaint to International Criminal Court, IFJ
22.04.2022 - ECPMF joins call to UK Home Secretary against the extradition of Julian Assange, ECPMF
2021
11/08/21 - UK: High Court begins consideration of Assange extradition appeal - RSF
06/08/21 - UK: NUJ and the IFJ urge government to offer assistance to Afghan journalists - IFG
15/2/21 - China: Beijing bans BBC news channel- IFJ
12/3/21 - China: IFJ and NUJ condemns ban of BBC World News - IFJ
11/2/21 - China bans BBC World News in retaliation for UK licence blow - BBC
8/2/21 - China: Authorities accuse the BBC of pushing “fake news”- IFJ
2020
3/12/20 - UK: Journalists with IFJ Press Card to be exempted from Covid quarantine rules - IFJ
28/8/20 - Scotland's hate crime bill would stifle free speech- XIndex
21/8/20 - Red alert for green journalism – 10 environmental reporters killed in five years- RSF
7/7/20 - RSF welcomes launch of UK targeted human rights sanctions regime - RSF
3/7/20 - Forty rights groups call on the UK to release Julian Assange - RSF
21/4/2020 -UK slips down press freedom index due to Northern Ireland risks - The Guardian
12/02/2020 - Britain to Create Regulator for Internet Content - The New York Times
20/01/2020 - Can the BBC win its battle with the government? - The Guardian
2019
23/12/2019 - British Virgin Islands law to impose fines, jail terms for online defamation - CPJ
09/12/2019 - Press Release: Protecting the licence fee - Public Media Alliance
09/12/2019 - General election 2019: Johnson 'could look at' abolishing BBC licence fee - BBC
14/11/2019 - The BBC and the UK Election - Public Media Alliance
09/09/2019 - FCO's campaign on media freedom lacks focus, committee says - The Guardian
12/08/2019 - Ofcom report and public service broadcasting - public media alliance
09/07/2019 - Russia's RT and Sputnik barred from UK conference on media freedom - The Guardian
04/07/2019 - Ofcom sets out new PSB measures in face of “unprecedented challenges - DigitalTV.com
30/05/2019 - Online usage grows, but so do social media concerns - Ofcom study - BBC
09/05/2019 - UK Investigates CGTN Over Forced Confessions - China Digital Times
29/04/2019 - Public broadcasting in the age of VOD - Public media alliance
19/04/2019 - Northern Ireland: Freelance journalist Lyra McKee shot dead during riots - IFJ
15/04/2019 - Britain's push for new social media rules - CBC
29/03/2019 - British TV goes full Fox News - Columbia Journalism Review
20/03/2019 - The BBC and the future of news - BBC Media Centre
17/03/2019 - BBC chair: UK media regulation is no longer fit for modern age - The Guardian
18/02/2019 - Facebook needs regulation as Zuckerberg 'fails' - BBC
11/02/2019 - How the BBC is building content for voice assistants - Tech World
11/02/2019 - Public funds should be used to rescue local journalism, says report - The Guardian
04/02/2019 - UK, Stand Firm against Data Demands in Death Penalty Cases - Human Rights Watch
04/02/2019 - UK, Stand Firm against Data Demands in Death Penalty Cases - Human Rights Watch
03/01/2019 - The future of TV journalism and fighting fake news - Royal Television Society
2018
2017
06/12/2017 - BBC journalists to return to school to tackle 'fake news' - BBC Media Centre
08/11/2017 - BBC cancels £10m of cuts planned for local radio - The Guardian
12/06/2017 - Media bias in the British elections - The Hoot
26/04/2017 - 'Downward spiral': UK slips to 40th place in press freedom rankings - The Guardian