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Victims of press intrusion, including the father of missing Madeleine McCann, said they have "absolutely no confidence" in the Government after the announcement that it was formally closing the Leveson Inquiry. Further, he said that the United Kingdom press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation "largely complied with Leveson's recommendations".
In the inquiry's 2012 report, Lord Justice Brian Leveson said "outrageous" behavior by some in the press had "wreaked havoc with the lives of innocent people whose rights and liberties have been disdained".
He confirmed there would be no part two - which would have examined illegal action by media organisations, and relations between journalists and the police.
Sir Brian said the inquiry could be resumed in a cost-effective way and warned that there was new evidence of criminal behaviour by newspapers, which ought to be subject to public scrutiny.
The Government also said it will repeal Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which would have forced newspapers not signed up to a Royal Charter regulator, which now only recognises Impress, to pay both sides' legal fees in privacy and libel battles, win or lose. The measure would be repealed "at the earliest opportunity".
Watson is under fire after accepting £500,000 for his office from privacy campaigner Max Mosley, who was accused of publishing a racist election leaflet in the 1960s.
The British government on Thursday scrapped plans for an inquiry into allegations of media law-breaking, a decision praised by press organizations but condemned by victims of tabloid intrusion.
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Culture Secretary Matt Hancock says that "the world has changed", while facing accusations of newspapers writing his speech. The News of the World has closed, and once-mighty tabloid newspapers now face stiff competition for readers and advertising revenues from digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. Since then we have seen seismic changes to the media landscape.
"(Paul Michael) Dacre (Editor of the Daily Mail) and Murdoch wiggle their fingers and their puppet Prime Minister dances. "A depressing and shameful spectacle".
Hancock said the threat to high-quality journalism now came from "issues like clickbait, fake news, malicious disinformation and online abuse".
The initial investigation had been comprehensive and had largely met the terms of reference for a second part to the inquiry, while "extensive reforms" to policing practices and press self-regulation had taken place since, he said.
"It is astonishing that the government is abandoning it promises to victims of the phone-hacking scandal".
"This Government has lost all integrity when it comes to policy affecting the press". It is vital that the Lords amendments to the Data Protection Bill are thrown out as well and we welcome the SNP's clear opposition to statutory incentives.
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