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In British Judge Brian, Leveson Leveson investigation report released his long-awaited final on Thursday standards to the media, culture and morality, including newspapers may be more stringent regulatory proposals. The British government ordered the inquiry after the News Corp phone hacking scandal last summer, and celebrities - from Hugh Grant and JK Rowling to Charlotte Church - to speak in favor of measures to limit the media's excessive.

No matter what happens, the last Leveson report and the consequences of politicians and law enforcement officials come it will affect how Hollywood and other celebrities deal with their own future. It may lead to the debate in other European countries.

At the same time, Italy, the European hotbed of litigation, in the same day journalists strike to protest the proposed law will be imprisoned writer convicted of defamation, editors get off fine. Sentenced to imprisonment for up to one year, the maximum fine of $ 64,400 (50,000 euros). The media industry observers expect the debate and its impact is the local concentrated in Italy, but observers said it will continue to focus the power of the media and the role of another.

Thursday's event, however, the two countries after the recent debate, in other European countries, the media, celebrity news, some people have criticized the role of attack on the freedom of the press.

Recently even see the flagship news program of media criticism extends to the error of the TV news report news night after the resignation of the Director-General of the BBC, George Entwistle. But the criticism is not so much, because call for more regulation, but the part of the opposition.

Cardiff University Director of News Richard Sambrook, has a sub-text to say: "This criticism of the TV. "Leveson report to be newspaper publishers have been worried about the new regulations, which is why they attack the BBC so hard they want to say" see, strong regulation, but can still tighten, "he , said.

A lot of media chatter and celebrity attention, galvanized critics and defenders, the reporter, the whole of Europe are in Kate Middleton recently published in the journal, semi-nude in France, Italy, Sweden and Denmark, and Ireland newspaper, its editor has just announced his resignation.

The use of existing powers in a French court earlier this fall, it is prohibited to print topless photos, further distribution of the image, the first magazine. This also forced to abandon all digital copies of the photos in the magazine the threat of fines. Police even searched the photographer on the Closer office to look for clues, a move that has attracted criticism in some places.

Meanwhile, in Russia, but also reported that the new restrictions on the media, you can start by Alexei Mitrofanov, was appointed as the person in charge of the New Media Committee, the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. So far, although no formal plans have been announced.

It is the Leveson report ongoing debate on the rules of the media, it may get attention beyond British borders and across Europe, so the degree of freedom of the press, media regulation and restrictions.

In addition, in many European countries, the power of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp phone hacking scandal has been followed. The results of the report is more than last year, like Grant, JK Rowling, Rupert Murdoch, his son and News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch's British newspaper unit, Rebecca Gabe Brooks, former CEO of evidence.

Finally Leveson suggested that these proposals will include more stringent regulation, Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government will be discussed in a telephone. Its coalition partners and the opposition Labour Party seems ready to support legislation to regulate, which means that the institutions established by the government oversight of the news. Cameron's party members even more stringent rules.

Statutory control will send a "shocking news" abroad and encourage the toughest system in the world, to continue with the anti-freedom of information policies in the World Press Freedom Committee, which limit the movement of the media, said in a letter to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague, British papers published over the weekend.

A chill will match some of the most liberal regime in various ministries around the world through the media - a warm glow, "it said.

The supporters of the more stringent rules, this criticism is exaggerated, the large newspaper groups also opposed to statutory supervision will help to improve self-regulation.

"A guarantee of democracy and a variety of news," News Corp. Murdoch said, in his Leveson witness earlier this year.

And David Hunt, President of the British Press Complaints Commission, a self-regulating body of newspaper publishers, is to be dissolved, the efficiency is not high after the phone hacking scandal, has urged the British government to avoid a full-on control media. "Part due to criminal activity, the publisher of a country, everyone, including local and regional news, threatened legal supervision," he said.

Sambrook expected Leveson sounded the alarm, but the final result is not too serious publishers. ", Leveson is likely to recommend some form of statutory supervision - is unlikely to push through the government," he said. "Newspapers may get another round of" last chance sedan, "Although the majority of the people are opposed to it."