Shannon W Unit 24: Current media affairs in public services P3
Task 2 (P3)
Data protection:
The data protection act 1984 was created to protect people’s data and how it is going to be used by
governmental or private organisations.
Right to privacy:
There are Human rights legislations which are put in place to protect people’s right to privacy. The
Human rights act was created in 1998.
Ofcom:
Also stands for Office of complaints and it is a website where members of the public can complain
about Television programmes or adverts.
Slander:
This is when the media create a false statement and as a result it damages their reputation. An
example would be the McCann’s case.
Libel:
This type of information is similar to slander and it can either contain negative or false information
about an individual in the media.
Censorship in other countries:
North Korea’s government have very strict control over their media. Their media is heavily censored
by the Korean Central News Agency.
Control of the internet by Action Fraud & the Internet Watch Foundation:
A few things put in place to control the internet are; the malicious communications act 2003,
Internet watch foundation and action fraud.
Freedom of the press:
The Government is able to ban the media from reporting about more confidential things such as
intelligence operations the military.
Task 2 (P3)
Data protection:
The data protection act 1984 was created to protect people’s data and how it is going to be used by
governmental or private organisations.
Right to privacy:
There are Human rights legislations which are put in place to protect people’s right to privacy. The
Human rights act was created in 1998.
Ofcom:
Also stands for Office of complaints and it is a website where members of the public can complain
about Television programmes or adverts.
Slander:
This is when the media create a false statement and as a result it damages their reputation. An
example would be the McCann’s case.
Libel:
This type of information is similar to slander and it can either contain negative or false information
about an individual in the media.
Censorship in other countries:
North Korea’s government have very strict control over their media. Their media is heavily censored
by the Korean Central News Agency.
Control of the internet by Action Fraud & the Internet Watch Foundation:
A few things put in place to control the internet are; the malicious communications act 2003,
Internet watch foundation and action fraud.
Freedom of the press:
The Government is able to ban the media from reporting about more confidential things such as
intelligence operations the military.
