The bill, which threatens press freedom, awaits the approval of the president.
Most editors, including the Daily Mail's Paul Dacre, believed such state involvement would threaten press freedom.
In January, the German and French governments criticized a media law that Mr. Orban introduced in Hungary and which critics said threatened press freedom.
Media companies in Hungary are alarmed by a proposal to impose a tax on advertising revenues, arguing that it threatens press freedom.
"Accessing metadata to hunt down journalists' sources, regardless of the procedures used, threatens press freedom and democracy," said the alliance's chief executive, Paul Murphy.
"If it stands, the decision will threaten press freedom and erode the strength of democratic institutions in Indonesia," the magazine, which is published by Time Warner, said Thursday.
The MEAA's chief executive, Paul Murphy, said: "Accessing metadata to hunt down journalists' sources, regardless of the procedures used, threatens press freedom and democracy.
I'm with you, Brian, Steven, Tim, Evan and Máire on the need to ensure our press behaves itself, but not at the cost of allowing an arcane instrument of state to threaten press freedom.
Eugene S. Pulliam, publisher of The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News, a champion of the First Amendment who signed a declaration that said Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's methods threatened press freedom and American freedom, died on Wednesday in Indianapolis.
But Labour and the Liberal Democrats say they are confident they can come up with a formula that does not threaten press freedom, while the Conservatives have said they are ready to draft a new bill solely to demonstrate that it would be unworkable.
