{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/4556.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":4556,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"New Media Regulatory Laws","background":null,"additional_details":"The government should introduce a 'Media Responsibility Act' which includes:\r\na. A requirement that any false story is printed with the same space parameters of the original - i.e. a front page for a front page\r\nb. The power of forced closure for a period of time, or penalties amounting to take proportions of the media's income, when the media has undertaken some grievous wrong (i.e. hacking; serious libel)\r\nc. An independent body should be created for the storing of sources, which should be legally required to exist but is only to be seen under court order by a judge in a respective case.\r\n\r\nThe government must ensure that the Media take responsibility for that they write in the above ways, plus:\r\ni) establishing an inquiry to understand the effect of the media on the populace; &\r\nii) establishing an inquiry to agree an appropriate percentage that a single person (legal or actual) can own in the UK (esp to ensure a free, competitive, independent media).","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-05T10:54:32.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:34.745Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:06.798Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-05T10:54:32.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}