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Open Letter to Google From 80 Internet Scholars: Release RTBF Compliance Data
I am among the signatories of a letter from 80 academics to Google, asking for more data and transparency on 'right to be forgotten' or de-listing decisions and policy, following the ECJ's judgment in Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González in May last...
Call for Papers: LVI 2015 – Law via the Internet Conference 9-11 November 2015
This year's Law via the Internet 2015 conference, which will take place in Sydney, has opened its call for papers. The conference will take place on 10-11 November 2015 at NSW Australia (the University of New South Wales) and will be preceded by the annual meeting of...
Launch of European Data Protection Law Review
The new quarterly and fully peer-reviewed journal European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL), edited by Judith Rauhofer and published by Lexxion, has launched with its first issue and is seeking papers (the next submission deadline is 20 May; author guidelines here)....
Upcoming information law events at the IALS
Information and communications law are well-represented on the events calendar for May and June at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, with two lectures by visiting fellow Dr Judith Bannister, University of Adelaide, on open government, accountability and freedom...
IALS website re-development: user feedback needed
The IALS is redeveloping its website and is seeking users' help ... Since the advent of the web, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, has been actively involved in innovative legal information delivery -...
Job vacancy: Early Career Researcher in Law & Information Policy
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, is seeking a full-time, fixed term (3 years) Early Career Researcher in Law & Information Policy. Full details at this link. You can download the further...
Upcoming seminar, School of Advanced Study: Legally navigating academic blogging and social media – 29 April
On Wednesday lunchtime, I'll be giving a talk at the regular Social Scholar seminar, at the School of Advanced Study, on legal issues for academic bloggers and social media users (all welcome): “While social media tools are fantastically liberating for academic...
What do the party manifestos say about information and communication law and policy?
Back in February, Dr Daithí Mac Síthigh, Reader in Law at Newcastle Law School, offered us a review of ‘Computers and the Coalition’, a story of rollback, rebalancing, and re-regulation. While there were a number of new major initiatives, such as ‘open data’ and the...
SLS Media and Communications: Call For Papers
The deadline for papers for the Media and Communications section at this year’s annual Society of Legal Scholars conference (University of York, 1st-4th September 2015) has been extended to 31st March 2015 24th April 2015. Here is the Call for Papers, prepared by...
Daithí Mac Síthigh: Computers and the Coalition
This is a version of Dr Daithí Mac Síthigh's talk at the launch of the Centre for Law and Information Policy at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 24 February 2015. It previously appeared on his own blog, Lex Ferenda. Introduction As we approach the 2015...