Regulation of press

The PCC is an independent self-regulatory body which deals with complaints about the editorial content
of newspapers and magazines (and their websites). We keep industry standards high by training journalists
and editors, and work pro-actively behind the scenes to prevent harassment and media intrusion. We can
provide pre-publication advice to journalists and the public and have published advice on dealing with
media attention after a death.
Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority. Often referred to simply as "contempt," such as a person "held in contempt," it is the judge's strongest power to impose sanctions for acts which disrupt the court's normal process. This could effect newspapers in the sense that if the y cover a story, they need to make sure that they don't breach the law when doing so.
Phone hacking is also a large ethical issue in which some newspapers have been known for getting involved in. Some newspapers have used phone hacking to get additional information from phones from people of interest, such as celebrities. The main ethical issue with phone hacking is simply that it invades somebody's personal device and finds out information that is either personal or that is supposed to remain between two people, this invasion of privacy came as a shock to most when the phone hacking scandal was brought to light.
Defamation is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give a bias representation of something, this is a large part of newspapers as they are sometimes seen as taking sides in a story.