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63%

63% -- public support for foreign media ownership ban for British public (2026)

Name: Public Support For Foreign Media Ownership Ban Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

2026 · YouGov

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63%

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Data Vintage

2026

Entity

British public

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Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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YouGov Primary Tier B

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/10/zack-polanski-promotes-radical-plan-to-break-up-britains-billiona… ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl

Source Article

Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain's ‘Billionaire Media’

Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Green leader Zack Polanski has backed a campaign for a fundamental overhaul of Britain’s media ownership, in order to prevent billionaires buying newspapers in order to “literally buy dem…

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YouGov survey conducted for the Media Sovereignty Act Campaign

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Industrymedia_entertainment RegionUK

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British public: 63% public support for foreign media ownership ban. Source: YouGov (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-public-support-ban-foreign-media-ownership-2026

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