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Bethany Shiner: How Does the Data Protection Act 2018 Empower the Information Commissioner to Tackle the Misuse of Personal Data in Political Campaigns?
This article was written by Bethany Shiner and originally published on UKCLA. Introduction Following on from an earlier piece on this blog which highlighted some of the gaps in the legal framework relating to the use of personal data for political purposes in campaign...
“The Internet: To Regulate or Not To Regulate” – ILPC written evidence
The ILPC have submitted a piece of written evidence in response to the recent call for evidence on ‘The Internet: To Regulate or Not to Regulate’ from the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications. The written evidence outlines four key issues of internet...
ILPC Annual Conference and Lecture 2018
Transforming Cities with AI: Law, Policy, and Ethics The ILPC’s Annual Conference and Lecture will take place on Friday 23rd November 2018, followed by an evening reception. Promises abound that technologies and systems using artificial intelligence (AI), like...
ILPC Seminar: EU Report on Fake News and Online Disinformation, 30th April 2018
The term “fake news” has become a prominent nomenclature in public discourse. Indeed, the idea of “fake news” has brought to the fore a number of key concerns of modern global society, including if and how social media platforms should be regulated, and more...
Money, law and courage: the varied roles of the UK Information Commissioner
This post is re-posted from the ICO's website with kind permission. Original web entry available here. Original script may differ from delivered version Elizabeth Denham delivered the CRISP (Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy) annual...
Event: Joining The Circle: capturing the zeitgeist of ‘Big Tech’ companies, social media speech and privacy
Event: Joining The Circle: capturing the zeitgeist of ‘Big Tech’ companies, social media speech and privacy Professor Robin Barnes (Global Institute of Freedom and Awareness) and Peter Coe (Aston University) have organised a panel session at the Inner Temple,...
New approach to media cases at the Royal Courts of Justice is a welcome development
Guest post by Dr Judith Townend. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in Communications Law journal, volume 23, issue 1 (Bloomsbury Professional) and PA Media Lawyer. In 2012 Mr Justice Tugendhat, ahead of his retirement in 2014, made a plea...
LSE Experts on T3: Omar Al-Ghazzi
This post is re-posted from the LSE Media Policy Project Blog. As part of a series of interviews with LSE Faculty on themes related to the Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi talks to LSE MSc student Ariel Riera on ‘echo chambers’ in the context...
Recent developments on freedom of expression, Dr David Goldberg
This post brings us some recent developments on freedom expression from Dr David Goldberg, Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, and member of the Information...
ILPC Annual Conference and Annual Lecture 2017 Children and Digital Rights: Regulating Freedoms and Safeguards
For the special issue of the leading peer-review legal journal of Communications Law, published by Bloomsbury Publishers, with papers from the ILPC Annual Conference 2017, please see here. ILPC Annual Conference and Annual Lecture 2017 Children and Digital Rights:...