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        Accuracy clause - explained
        The Accuracy clause seeks to protect the public from the consequences of inaccurate reporting. The clause requires publishers to take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of their news reporting. In doing so, this clause recognises that it can be difficult for news publishers to get it right every time and publish only indisputably true facts, and instead calls for all reasonable steps to be taken to ensure published reporting is as accurate as possible. The clause asks that publishers clearly distinguish between facts and opinion. While publishers are free to be partisan and share opinions, this clause ensures that this freedom is not used to misrepresent or distort the facts. If a publisher is deemed to have published an inaccuracy, it must be corrected as early as possible, and the correction must be published as prominently as the original article.
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        Accuracy clause - explained
        The Accuracy clause seeks to protect the public from the consequences of inaccurate reporting. The clause requires publishers to take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of their news reporting. In doing so, this clause recognises that it can be difficult for news publishers to get it right every time and publish only indisputably true facts, and instead calls for all reasonable steps to be taken to ensure published reporting is as accurate as possible. The clause asks that publishers clearly distinguish between facts and opinion. While publishers are free to be partisan and share opinions, this clause ensures that this freedom is not used to misrepresent or distort the facts. If a publisher is deemed to have published an inaccuracy, it must be corrected as early as possible, and the correction must be published as prominently as the original article.
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        Defamation
        Defamation refers to when a statement has been made which lowers a person’s character and reputation in the estimation of ordinary people.

        Breach of confidence
        Defamation refers to when a statement has been made which lowers a person’s character and reputation in the estimation of ordinary people.

        Misuse of private information
        Misuse of private information refers to the wrongful or threatened publication, of personal information.


        Malicious falsehood
        Malicious falsehood refers to a published statement about a person which is allegedly untrue, malicious, and has directly resulted in the economic loss or likely economic loss.

        Harassment
        Harassment is a course of conduct (occurring on at least two occasions) which causes fear of violence, serious alarm or distress. This can include stalking offences such as watching or spying on someone.

        Breach of the Data Protection Act
         A breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 can occur if a publisher contravenes one of the data protection principles listed under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when processing personal data. However, publishers are not obligated to comply with certain data protection principles in the interests of protecting freedom of expression.

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