Online news and regulation

Online news is not regulated- unless a newspaper's online site actively signs up to the regulator. only print editions are regulated

Twitter and Facebook are also not regulated. People have free speech to say what they want to.

Clickbait = the use of sensational headlines or images to attract clickthroughs on a website

Online versions of websites tend to be different from the print version, as they take more online attributes


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