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Daily Mail Trial: ‘My Every Move, Thought or Feeling Was Being Tracked and Monitored Just for the Mail to Make Money Out of It’
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
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Daily Mail Trial: British People Say Press Standards Haven’t Improved Since Phone Hacking Scandal
As the Daily Mail goes on trial for alleged lawbreaking, a new poll finds seven-in-ten voters demand independent regulation of the press
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‘A Victim All Over Again’: The Mail Trial and the Murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan
Peter Jukes looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a nexus of corrupt police officers and private investigators
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‘That Phone Could Hold the Truth’: Levi Davis Family Says Investigator Withheld Evidence
A private investigator who offered to help the family of missing rugby and reality TV star Levi Davis is accused of taking possession of his iPhone and then failing to return it
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Celebs Go Dating Presenter Eden Blackman Accused of Violent Abuse
EXCLUSIVE: Late Channel Four star accused of being a ‘predator’ as co-presenter, and an alleged survivor, speak out
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Undue Influence: The Reform-Supporting Online Network Using AI to Monetise Anti-Migrant Hate
A prominent social media campaign for Brexit and Boris Johnson has morphed into a large-scale network boosting Reform and pushing anti-migrant hate, reports Katherine Denkinson
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Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat
Entire communities are now becoming locked into dangerous belief systems that are almost impossible to challenge, argues Eliot Higgins
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‘Google’s Illegal Monopoly and How US Court Decision Comes at a Critical Time for UK and EU Policymakers’
A landmark antitrust decision against Google in the US will have profound iImplications for the digital economy in the UK and beyond, writes Stephen Kinsella and Tim Cowen
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‘I Was Targeted by a Hostile Crypto Spambot Swarm That Revealed How X’s Algorithm Has Been Truly Broken’
The automated block attack tricks the algorithm into thinking your account should be suppressed, reports Iain Overton
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Dan Wootton Hit With £7,500 Costs Over Failed Court Bid to Name ‘Catfishing Victim’
The former GB News host failed to overturn a High Court order protecting the anonymity of a man he allegedly catfished into sharing sexual material online
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Free Speech Union to Work With Elon Musk as X Owner’s Influence in UK Spreads
Toby Young said he hoped it would be the first of ‘many’ legal collaborations between X and his organisation
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X Factor Star Levi Davis, Blackmail, and the TV Boss
Updated last part of our five part special investigation into the disappearance of the Rugby star Levis Davis
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‘My Son Was Murdered or Sex-Trafficked and the Police Don’t Care’ – Julie Davis
Part Four of a five-part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones
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Rising Cyber Threats: UK Government’s Vulnerability Exposed
Underinvestment has left Parliament, the Electoral Commission and the British Library open to attack from China, Russia and Iran
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‘My Name Is Levi Davis and My Life Is in Danger’ – Reopening the Case of the Rugby Star Who Disappeared
Part One of a five part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem
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Mazher ‘Fake Sheik’ Mahmood Off the Hook in Prince Harry Case
The News of the World hired security guards from a Daniel Morgan murder suspect to protect Mahmood in court
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The Sun on Trial: Murdoch’s Courtroom Reckoning Finally Arrives
Could this be the moment that Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is finally held to account for its actions?
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Will Young: ‘It Got Much Worse After Pop Idol. I’m Surprised There Hasn’t Been an Exposé on The X Factor’
The first Pop Idol winner – and Byline Times supporter – speaks to Josiah Mortimer about the pressures of fame and the stories he believes are still to come to light about the reality TV music world
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‘The Police Questioning of Allison Pearson Is a Sign of the Criminal Justice System at Its Best’
The idea Alison Pearson should have avoided investigation simply because of her position at the Daily Telegraph is abhorrent to natural justice, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
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Amerexit: Oligarchy Comes to the United States
Peter Jukes in the December Print Edition of Byline Times
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Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to restart it as exclusive new YouGov polling finds public wants reform
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Fresh Evidence in Missing Levi Davis Cold Case Sparks Top-Level Calls for New Probe
Dan Evans and Tom Latchem reveal fresh evidence in one of the most baffling missing person cases of recent years
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Everything That Is Wrong With the TV Industry and Why No One Is Watching the News
Carol Vorderman’s Alternative Mactaggart lecture on how snobbery turned people off TV
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How Far-Right Billionaires are Destroying French Politics – and What the UK Must Learn
The French media have boosted the far-right National Rally party. Are the British media doing the same in the UK?
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Caroline Flack’s Lawyer Suggests Decision to Charge her May Have Been ‘Driven by Desire’ to Appease Media as Met Police Probe Case
A recent Byline Times investigation uncovered evidence that led to the Metropolitan Police announcing that it is re-examining its decision to charge the TV star with assault
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‘I Called out “Free Speech Champion” Laurence Fox as a “Racist” – and He Tried (and Failed) to Bully Me into Silence’
In an exclusive interview, Mukhtar Yassin explains how “a normal working-class bloke from the Ends” took on the millionaire-backed Reclaim Party leader
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Catfish Nation: Hundreds Targeted in Same Sexual WhatsApp Scam as Law ‘Struggles to Keep Up’ with Phenomenon
As Westminster is rocked by a ‘honeypot’ scandal, Byline Times has uncovered two strikingly similar catfish conspiracies targeting celebrities and the public over the past five years
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Getting ‘Closure for Carrie’ – the Family of Caroline Flack is Seeking New Answers from Scotland Yard after Byline Times probe
New evidence uncovered in a Byline Times #MediaToo investigation questions the assault charge that led to the TV presenter’s suicide
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Dan Wootton Finally Axed from GB News as Ofcom Rules Against Channel in Misogyny Row
The presenter was suspended from the channel in September after his exchange with Laurence Fox
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Two Police Forces to Take No Further Action Against Dan Wootton – As GB News Presenter Reveals Police Scotland as well as The Met Were Investigating
Byline Times has not previously reported on any investigation into the journalist by Police Scotland
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Closure for Carrie: How Caroline Flack’s Mum is Still Fighting for Truth Four Years After Her Death
On the anniversary of Caroline Flack’s death, Byline Times launches a new #MediaToo investigation into her treatment by the police and the media with an interview with her mother Christine
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‘Morals More Akin to the Mafia’: Former Minister on Illegality at the Murdoch Empire
From politicised phone hacking to aiding and abetting insurrection, the lawless threat of Murdoch’s organisations to democracy is only now becoming clear
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Rumbled: Dan Wootton ‘Comeback Planned’ on ‘Free Speech’ Platform Used by Russell Brand
Wootton has been suspended from his presenting role on GB News since September after an on-air misogyny storm. Now he is said to be preparing to launch a channel on a controversial video platform
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Exposed: How Paparazzi Spied on Phillip Schofield’s Sick Mother
While Philip Schofield’s 87-year-old mother was receiving medical attention, both she and her son were secretly filmed by the UK’s ‘Number One Papparazzi’ – as media interest in the troubled presenter continues
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Witnesses Interviewed as Police and Murdoch Probes Into Dan Wootton Continue
Scotland Yard and News UK are continuing to investigate serious allegations about the conduct of Dan Wootton following this newspaper’s special investigation into the journalist and presenter
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Revealed: The Emails Behind the Royal ‘Cash-For-Leaks’ Affair
Detailed but anonymous testimony from insiders at The Sun sat at the heart of cash-for-leaks allegations involving a royal official and the newspaper’s former top editor Dan Wootton. Now, Byline Times can publish the details for the first time
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In Plain Sight: The Picture the Palace Probe Missed
In 2020, Simon Case was tasked to investigate payments from Dan Wootton and The Sun to the partner of a royal press officer, allegedly for information about Prince Harry and Meghan. He found there was no evidence of wrongdoing. But Byline Times can shed further light
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The Truth About Megxit: How Dan Wootton and a ‘Cash-For-Leaks’ Scandal Split the Royal Family
As Scotland Yard probes the journalist Dan Wootton over allegations of blackmail and serial sexual catfishing after a three-year special investigation by Byline Times, this newspaper can now reveal how his payments to the partner of a top royal aide forced the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to run from the UK
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Exploding ‘Megxit’: How Dan Wootton and a Cash-for-Leaks Scandal Split the Monarchy
The first retail edition of Byline Times’ monthly newspaper reveals the world exclusive story about why Prince Harry and Meghan really left the Royal Family
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‘Disappearing Dan Wootton Articles Show a Serious Need for S40 Alternative’
Major publishers removed articles about a Met Police investigation into the presenter after receiving legal threats, following Byline Times’ special investigation. The CEO of press regulator Impress sets out what could be done to prevent such a situation
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‘Our Small Site DemocracyUnlocked had to Shut Down after Reporting on Dan Wootton’
Olly Boon reflects on the devastation of a group, DemocracyUnlocked, dedicated to telling readers the truth, which had to cease operating after receiving legal threats from the TV presenter
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Disappearing Act: Major Publishers Including Guardian and Mirror Delete Stories on Dan Wootton Police Investigation After Legal Threat
Publishers and members of the public were threatened with exemplary damages and punitive costs by the presenter’s lawyer – but Byline Times stands firm in its reporting
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Police Investigating Dan Wootton Over Allegations of 10-Year Catfishing Campaign Following Byline Times’ Special Investigation
Scotland Yard has announced that a man in his 40s is under a formal investigation. It comes three months after Byline Times handed a dossier of evidence about 40-year-old GB News star Dan Wootton to detectives
