** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The BBC Trust has published a report on ‘the impartiality and accuracy’ of the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring. The report states that the Trust chose to look at this particular topic “because of its importance and because the complexity of deciding how to organise impartial coverage in a...
The Guardian yesterday featured an article by its editor, Alan Rusbridger, on what he argues is an ‘overwhelming case for plurality’ in the media. Rusbridger reflects on the degree of power enjoyed by Murdoch over the UK’s media before the phone-hacking revelations and ensuing outcry brought...
The Daily Mail reports that the online book-seller, Amazon, has allowed the sale of offensive, racist and ‘potentially dangerous’ literature through its ebooks platform, which allows any self-publishing author to upload ebooks for sale without content passing through the normal screening...
The Daily Mail today reports that a veiled Muslim woman from Manchester was turned away from attending parents evening at her son’s school because the school’s security policy requires all faces to be visible, for identification purposes, whilst indoors. Maroon Rafique, who wears the niqab, was...
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that local campaign group, We Are Waltham Forest, have vowed to make the London borough a ‘no-go area’ for the English Defence League after the EDL announced plans to demonstrate in Walthamstow in August. From the local paper: “Campaigners opposed to a...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a local report on the suspended sentences handed down to two men from Wales for racist and Islamophobic comments posted on Facebook. From the South Wales Argus: “Two Gwent men escaped a jail sentence yesterday after they admitted writing offensive comments on...
The Guardian yesterday reported that Neo-Nazi groups are making money from YouTube’s advertising revenue-sharing system when posting videos online. Google’s AdSense programme means that users who upload non-copyrighted videos which are popular are invited to join Google’s partner programme...
The Norwich Advertiser reports that the English Defence League have been banned from meeting at a pub in Norwich following complaints disapproving of their presence at the establishment. The EDL were due to meet at the pub last weekend. From the local paper: “Meetings of the controversial English...
The Guardian today reports on a legal challenge brought by two individuals concerned at the potential breach of their right to privacy under arrangements that allows data from the 2011 Census to be passed on to third parties. The data processing of the Census 2011 is being undertaken by Lockheed...
The Southern Daily Echo, The Portsmouth News, The Huffington Post and The Metro have all reported on the trial of a man charged with incitement to violent disorder during the riots last summer, including posting comments on Facebook encouraging attacks on Muslims. From the Southern Daily Echo:...
