08-05-2018 18:56 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Government faces possible defeat on press regulation votes

One amendment seeks to impose punitive legal costs on media organisations that have not signed up to Impress.The government is facing two difficult votes, and potential defeats, over amendments to the data protection bill that are due to be debated in the Commons on Wednesday.The amendments would establish a “Leveson two” inquiry into the misuse of personal data by the media, and a measure that would impose punitive legal costs on English media organisations that refuse to sign-up to
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