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Finally! Somewhere in the press this story is reported for what it actually is - it’s not about damages as the Guardian led with, which confused many people yesterday - this is about a new finding in law, one that over turns 30 years of Libel law - which shielded newspapers from action when they wrote misleading headlines. The law until yesterday had what they call a ‘legal fiction’ at its heart - that we all read headlines and articles and so a misleading headline is ok if corrected in the article. We used GDPR law to challenge that and won, in the process we’ve set a new obligation of fairness on the press. Using legislation from the 21st Century we overturned (in effect) legislation from the 20th Century - from almost before the internet. For some reason our media are not reporting this, those that cover the story focus on damages - that’s mis or dis reporting in my view - the story here is a new duty of fairness on the press, enforceable in law - and it will protect everyone in our country.   Given that GDP laws are European - it’s likely that this finding will protect 600 million people across the continent. That’s why I say - Headlines will never be the same again….:) pressgazette.co.uk/media_law…