The enquiry started in july 2011 when Lord justicee leveson was appointed to a public inquiry into the culture, practises and ethics of british press. The enquiry went on through out 2011 and 2012 and the leveson report was released in november 2012 by judge levers discussing the culture, practises and ethics of british press.
2) when was the report released?
November 2012
3) key recommendations of the leveson report:
- New watchdog independent of MP's and newspaper, with statutory underpainting.
- New independent regulator with no influence from the government and industry. with statutory power
- The possibility of a first amendment style law
- - maybe we should have law which allows freedom of speech
- Powers, remedies and sanctions of the new watchdog.
- - powers to fine 1% of turnover/max 1 million
- - power to investigate into serious breaches of the code.
- - PCC had power to investigate news of the world.
4 findings of the report:
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