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PCC calls for website code of practice

The Press complaints commission (PCC) has called for blogs and other websites to be covered by a voluntary code of practice.

Speaking at a race conference in London, director of the commission Tim Toulmin said that self-imposed regulation would offer consumers a way to complain about web copy.

Although complaints can already be made about online versions of newspapers and magazines that subscribe to the PCC code for print media, there are no means of redress and no professional standards on the internet generally, he said.

Mr Toulmin added: "If you want to see how the newspaper industry would look like if it was unchecked, then look at the internet," the BBC reports.

However, he stressed that the organisation was not in favour of regulating the internet, stating that the flow of information should not be regulated by any government.

A voluntary code of practice would allow content to be checked without any government involvement, he said.

An independent organisation, the PCC was set up in order to deal with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines, including complaints relating to accuracy and intrusion into privacy.


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