Meyer Calls For PCC Brand Online

A mark of quality assurance is needed to help users identify reliable news sources online, according to the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).

In a speech to the Society of Editors, Christopher Meyer asserted that there is a need to distinguish ‘good’ news on the web and suggested that this could be achieved with the display of the PCC logo on conforming websites.

Meyer said: “There is a crying need to distinguish between what is rubbish and what is quality; between what is fantasy and what is reliable.

“The code must become the quality stamp, the seal of good housekeeping for the online editions of newspapers and magazines.”

Meyer also rejected claims for state intervention in the monitoring of digital journalism, instead stating that the challenges created by recent technological advancements must be met by self-regulation.

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