Labour launches six point plan for press regulation Newspaper editors, who met the Prime Minister and Mrs Miller in Downing Street last week, have been asked to develop plans for a robust, independent body that can oversee newspapers and ensure that wrongdoing is identified and victims compensated. Freedom of speech campaigners say allowing MPs to set up laws to oversee newspapers threatens to undermine the principle of a free press. The Daily Telegraph disclosed last week that Mr Cameron was considering a Royal Charter for the new regulator, which ministers believe could give it the same sort of independence from political influence as the BBC. In the case of newspapers, these rules could include giving the subjects of news reports a right of reply, and an undertaking by media organisations only to obtain information by legitimate means. Labour has expressed doubts about using a charter to establish a new press regulator. The developments came hours after the founder of Wikipedia said yesterday that Lord Justice Leveson did not appreciate how social networks and the internet fit into modern media. In an interview with Sky News, Jimmy Wales also admitted the inclusion in the judge's report of incorrect information gleaned from the online encyclopedia was "embarrassing," but quite "amusing."