Vernacular Press Act of 1878

• To encourage the publication of vernacular newspapers
• To promote freedom of speech in vernacular newspapers
• To provide the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press (correct)
• To establish guidelines for fair reporting in vernacular press

• British Magna Carta
• Irish press laws (correct)
• French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
• American Bill of Rights

• The newspaper was shut down immediately
• The journalists were fined heavily
• The newspaper was warned, and if ignored, the printing machinery could be confiscated (correct)
• The government took over the editorial control of the newspaper