British media regulation must change: PM

November 28, 2012 21:07

The current British media regulation regime was "unacceptable" and "needs to change", Prime Minister David Cameron said today, as he received a major judicial report into press standards following the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's tabloid.

"The status quo, I would argue, does not just need updating -- the status quo is unacceptable and needs to change," Cameron said while receiving the Leveson report into media standards on the eve of its official publication.

"This government set up Leveson because of unacceptable practices in parts of the media and a failed regulatory system," he said.

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