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Speaking in Parliament, Lord Black of Brentwood has highlighted the “serious concerns” among news publishers about the Information Commissioners Office’s age appropriate design draft code and has called for a “total exemption” from the scope of the code.<\/p>\n

In Questions on the code proposals, chairman of the News Media Association’s legal, policy and regulatory affairs committee Lord Black said the proposals would have a “disastrous impact” on news media publishers if they were “caught accidentally in its terms.”<\/p>\n

Lord Black, deputy chairman of Telegraph Media Group, said: “My noble friend will be aware of serious concerns among news publishers about the scope of the proposed code, which could have a disastrous impact on their commercial position if they were caught accidentally in its terms.<\/p>\n

“Does my noble friend therefore agree that a total exemption for publishers who do not present any danger to children should be written into the code and not left to the chance of guidance?”<\/p>\n

The Minister, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, said it was “not a question I can answer at the moment” but added that the Information Commissioner was “talking to stakeholders and everybody concerned with the Act.”<\/p>\n

The consultation had received more than 1,000 responses, she added.<\/p>\n

In its submission, the NMA called for an exclusion from the code<\/a> for news media publishers, adding that it strongly objected to the ICO’s “startling extension” of its regulatory remit.<\/p>\n

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has moved to reassure publishers <\/a>that they will not be affected by the plans.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the DCMS Select Committee in July, Ms Denham said: “We want to encourage children to find out about the world, we want children to access news sites.<\/p>\n

“So the concern about the impact of the code on media and editorial comment and journalism I think is unfounded. She added: “We don’t think there will be an impact on news media sites. They are already regulated and we are not a media regulator.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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