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Online Hate and Offline Violence: What We Learnt from the Dan Wootton Saga
Extremist threats are no longer confined to virtual echo chambers but spreading into offline harassment – a phenomenon known as ‘stochastic terrorism’, reports Dan Evans
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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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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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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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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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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
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Five GB News Men Accused of Sexual Impropriety as Channel Engulfed by Wootton-Fox Misogyny Storm
As GB News goes into meltdown following Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox’s on air comments about Ava Evans, Byline Times reveals the controversial personal histories of five employees – including CEO Angelos Frangopoulos, who enjoys the protection of a non-disclosure agreement over sexual harassment allegations
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GB News ‘Axes’ Dan Wootton After Fox Storm and Catfish Scandal: The Full Story
Dan Evans and Tom Latchem reveal Dan Wootton’s departure from GB News looks set to be permanent – and examine the true cost to the network of sticking by a £600,000-a-year employee who broke editorial codes with impunity and engaged in sordid activities posing as the fictitious ‘Martin Branning’ and ‘Maria Joseph’
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Byline Times’ Wootton Allegations ‘Unfounded’, BBC Producer Tells MP John Nicolson
In an exchange on BBC Radio 4’s ‘PM’ programme, the MP was shut down by Evan Davis when he mentioned this newspaper’s special investigation into the now suspended GB News presenter Dan Wootton
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Cancelling the Canceller: How ‘Martin Branning’ Made Dan Wootton a Timebomb
The GB News anchor has been suspended from his £600,000-a-year primetime show, and fired from his £250,000-a-year MailOnline column. Here we tell how his fall was inevitable, following Byline Times’ special investigation
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‘This is a Network Problem’: Dan Wootton Suspended from GB News
The war between GB News’ Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton led to the presenter being suspended following a day of drama at the news channel – after the broadcaster remained largely silent on allegations exposed by Byline Times’ special investigation
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MPs Demand Answers From GB News on ‘Serious Accusations’ Against Dan Wootton
The Chair of Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee wrote to the Channel following the extensive allegations against Wootton, as reported by Byline Times.
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Dan Wootton’s Conflicting Accounts Over Phillip Schofield’s ‘Outing’
The GB News presenter has said he would ‘never out’ anybody – but our returning special three-year #MediaToo investigation examines his role in revealing men as gay through the pages of The Sun and News of the World
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Dan Wootton’s Celebrity Targets Revealed
In the eighth part of its three-year special investigation into the private and professional conduct of GB News star Dan Wootton, Byline Times uncovers how the powerful journalist used the pretext of ‘underwear modelling’ to target young reality TV personalities. Here, for the first time, these people in the public eye speak out
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Dan Wootton and Martin Branning – The Proof
In the seventh part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times can reveal the internet data leaks that tie the TV presenter to the online aliases he has not denied being connected to
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Truby’s Truth – How Murdoch Made Dan Wootton into a Monster
All Alex Truby wanted to find was the washing powder. Instead, he says, he found the key to a scandal now rocking the British media
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MailOnline and The Sun Hid Serious Dan Wootton Claims – While Attacking Huw Edwards and the BBC
In the fifth part of our three-year special investigation into the private and professional conduct of GB News star Dan Wootton, Byline Times can reveal how The Sun and MailOnline have been protecting their star celebrity journalist
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Dan Wootton Paid Porn Stars with Sun’s Depp Money for Covert Catfish Sex Videos
In the fourth part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times reveals how the GB News presenter and MailOnline columnist used News UK cash to pay male adult actors to secretly film themselves having sex with men he had targeted on Facebook
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Silence from Dan Wootton’s Employers MailOnline and GB News as Head of Commons’ DCMS Committee Demands Answers from his Former Boss The Sun Over Byline Times’ Investigation
Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has asked the tabloid’s editor Victoria Newton about this newspaper’s investigation into the influential TV presenter
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Dan Wootton was a ‘Serial Bully’ at the Sun – But Bosses Promoted Him as Complaints were Silenced
In the second part of its three-year investigation, Byline Times examines the professional conduct of the TV presenter when he was a leading editor at Rupert Murdoch’s powerful British tabloid
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Dan Wootton Reveals ‘Regrets’ and Claims ‘Dark Forces’ Attacking GB News in Response to Byline Times’ Three-Year Investigation
The TV presenter did not address this newspaper’s detailed allegations of him using a fake persona to target men online
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GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal
In the first part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times reveals the accounts of victims targeted by the powerful TV presenter
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Reform’s Darren Grimes Accused of Lying After Police Deny Telling Him Not to Hold Council Surgeries for ‘Security’ Reasons
EXCLUSIVE: Local police have rejected the Reform UK deputy council leader’s claim that they advised him not to meet his constituents
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GB News Accused of Spreading an ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’ Unchallenged – But Ofcom Says It Can’t Act
Claims that migration organisations are controlled by ‘Zionist-type people’ remain online despite growing complaints
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Sextortion and OnlyFans: The On Demand Content King and the Case of Levi Davis
Part Three 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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Islamophobia Has Surged in the UK — Here’s How You Can Help Fight It
Islamophobia Awareness Month is a campaign which hopes that small, collective efforts can lead to large, systemic changes #IAM
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#MediaWatch: Sky Slammed for ‘Enabling Hate’ by Selling Ads for GB News for Years
Campaigners blast media giant for ‘supporting’ right-wing channel accused of fuelling racist riots, despite Sky’s claims of backing diversity
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Claim of a Deal Between The Sun and Starmer Is ‘Conspiracy Theory Created For Clicks’, News UK Insiders Say
‘No such deal was done with Starmer. It simply did not happen’, one of a number of sources told Byline Times
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GB News Spent Half a Million Mainly on Right Wing MPs – Nearly Half on the Reform Party
11 MPs have been paid over £500,000 by the channel over the past year, with £200,000 going to just two Reform Party MPs
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Revealed: The Sun’s “Catch & Kill” Deals with Celebrities
“News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.” Byline Times exposes a practice used by Rupert Murdoch’s daily tabloid to suppress negative celebrity stories
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Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party is Bankrolled by One Man, New Accounts Reveal
The single donor has also backed an anti-vaxxer, pro-Brexit candidates and the Conservatives
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Right-Wing Broadcasters Post ‘Absolutely Pointless’ Race Hate Disclaimers on Social Media Amid Jail Terms for Riots Incitement
Dan Wootton, Beverley Turner, David Vance have posted the disclaimer which legal experts have said offers no protection from the law
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Lies and Violence: How the Southport Tragedy Turned into a Riot
The independent regulator Impress has called for new legislation to tackle the dangers of social media misinformation
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Outspoken Former Footballer Joey Barton ‘Cancelled’ From ‘Free Speech’ Event After Legal Issues
The former footballer has been charged with malicious communications over tweets he sent about ex-England player, Eni Aluko.
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A Revealing Argument from The Times of London: ‘Don’t Worry About Journalistic Ethics, What Matters is the Money’
Columnist Gerard Baker glossed over the Murdoch press’ criminality in a recent comment piece – and the accusations against his own Editor. Why?
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GB News Presenter Darren Grimes ‘Playing Into Far-Right Tropes of a Muslim Takeover’
The host posted a series of AI-generated memes featuring Labour leader Keir Starmer in Islamic dress alongside Muslim women
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‘Why the BBC Should Give a Voice to the Terminally Ill in Its Assisted Dying Documentary’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on a new programme arguing against the legalisation of assisted dying – but some viewpoints are missing
