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		</div><p>A petition signed by more than 850,000 people calling for the introduction of a “Caroline’s Law” to bring an end to “harassment and bullying by the media” has been handed to the British Government.</p>
<p>Campaigners delivered the petition, which was started in the wake of the death of TV presenter Caroline Flack, to the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport today.</p>
<p>Vans carrying placards with messages about the media were parked outside as the petition was handed over.</p>
<p>One read: “Behind every photo and every story is a real person. 850,000 people say end media bullying now.”</p>
<p>The online petition calls for a change in the law “that would make it a criminal offence, not dissimilar to corporate manslaughter, for the British media to knowingly and relentlessly bully a person, whether they be in the public eye or not, up to the point that they take their own life”, according to its website.</p>
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<p>It added: “Sections of the British press and media act with impunity, and more recently there have been a number of cases where they have sought to sensationalise the misfortune of individuals to the catastrophic detriment of the individuals’ mental welfare.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_150971" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-150971" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-150971" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3002F6AD-5E12-4C88-8F56-1AC9D1B98AFC.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="827" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-150971" class="wp-caption-text">The petition was handed in following the death of TV presenter Caroline Flack</figcaption></figure>
<p>Holly Maltby, from campaign group 38 degrees, said that the petition, which was set up by a member of the public, had seen “the most extraordinary growth in the last couple of weeks”.</p>
<p>She added: “The petition was set up after the sad passing of Caroline Flack and I think we are still in a moment where the nation is coming to terms with that, and I’m sure her family are too.</p>
<p>“This is actually something that people across the country experience.</p>
<p>“It is not just celebrities who have their lives invaded by the press.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_150972" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-150972" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-150972" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CF216088-BEB3-4203-8378-F23609B62145.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-150972" class="wp-caption-text">Campaigners gathered outside the DCMS</figcaption></figure>
<p>She added that Flack’s death “has brought to life something that the public really, really care about”.</p>
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<p>“What we are calling for today is for the Government to really take this seriously and for their to be a proper independent regulator which has teeth who can really hold the media to account when these things are not being done well,” Ms Maltby added.</p>
<p>Former Love Island host Flack, 40, was found dead at her home in east London last month after she took her own life.</p>
<p>She had been at the centre of media attention after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton in December. She had pleaded not guilty to assault by beating at a magistrates’ court hearing, but was due to face trial in March.</p>
<p>In a social media post shared posthumously by her family, Flack wrote: “The truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.</p>
<p>“I’ve accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for over 10 years and yet told myself it’s all part of my job. No complaining.”</p>
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