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Knowledge isn’t power: knowledge helps you flourish

Knowledge isn’t power: knowledge helps you flourish

Oct 26, 2018 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Uncategorized

The following piece is taken from Dr Richard Danbury’s presentation at the ILPC’s Seminar From Archives to Database: Reflections on the History of Laws Governing Access to Information, held on 25th October 2018. I have been asked to revisit the idea and political...
Knowledge isn’t power: knowledge helps you flourish

From Archive to Database: Reflections on the History of Laws Governing Access to Information

Oct 12, 2018 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Uncategorized

Date 25 Oct 2018, 17:00 to 25 Oct 2018, 19:30 Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Type Seminar Venue Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Description Expert Panel Discussion From Archive to Database: Reflections on...
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Winchester, UK

5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Winchester, UK

Mar 12, 2018 | Access to information, Ethics

5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Holiday Inn, Winchester, UK Theme: Public Law, Politics and the Constitution: A new battleground between the Law and Technology? Keynote speakers will be Michael Barton, Chief...
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Winchester, UK

British government’s new ‘anti-fake news’ unit has been tried before – and it got out of hand

Feb 6, 2018 | Access to information, Fake news, Freedom of information, Government policy

  In this guest post, Dan Lomas, Programme Leader, MA Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Salford, explores the British government’s new ‘anti-fake news’ unit. The decision to set up a new National Security Communications Unit to counter...
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Winchester, UK

Submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on ‘Official Data Protection’: Guardian News and Media

Aug 2, 2017 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Government policy, Journalism, News media

The Law Commission has invited interested parties to write submissions commenting on the proposals outlined in a consultation report on ‘official data protection’. The consultation period closed for submissions on 3 May, although some organisations have been given an...
Exploring the challenges of the new transnational cyber policing

Exploring the challenges of the new transnational cyber policing

Jul 24, 2017 | Access to information, Fairness

The development of the Internet has facilitated global communications, new online spaces for the exchange of goods and information, new currencies and online marketplaces, and unprecedented access to information. These new possibilities in ‘cyberspace’ have been...
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