Jun 12, 2018 | Data Privacy, Internet regulation
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...
Apr 9, 2018 | Internet regulation, Privacy, Social Media
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,...
Apr 9, 2018 | ILPC Research and Publications, Internet regulation, News media
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...
Nov 28, 2017 | European Policy, Freedom of expression, Internet regulation, Social Media
In this guest post Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex, provides an analysis on the new ECJ opinion . This post first appeared on the blog of Steve Peers, Professor of EU, Human Rights and World Trade Law at the University of Essex. Who...
Oct 17, 2017 | Ethics, Internet regulation
The 5th interdisciplinary Conference on Trust, Risk, Information & the Law will be held on 25 April 2018 at the Holiday Inn, Winchester UK. Our overall theme for this conference will be: “Public Law, Politics and the Constitution: A new battleground between...
Oct 10, 2017 | Data Privacy, Government policy, Internet regulation
In this guest post, Professor of Law and Innovation at Queen’s University Belfast Daithí Mac Síthigh reviews the recent Information Law and Policy Centre seminar that explored Internet intermediaries and their legal role and obligations. Taking stock of recent...
