Oct 2, 2018 | Internet regulation, Journalism
This blog post was written by Dr Judith Townend and originally published on The Conversation. Reactions to Jeremy Corbyn’s alternative MacTaggart lecture were predictably mixed. But amid proposals that attracted both acclaim and opprobrium in equal measure was one...
Jul 27, 2018 | Freedom of information, Journalism, News media
This article was written by Richard Danbury and originally published on UKCLA. There is an old joke, in which a man is driving through the countryside, lost. He stops his car in a small village to ask a local for directions. The local responds by saying: ‘you want to...
Aug 9, 2017 | Ethics, Freedom of expression, Journalism, News media, Privacy, Social Media
How has the law adapted to the emergence and proliferation of social media tools and digital technology? Furthermore, how successful has the law been in governing the challenges associated with an ongoing reformulation of our understandings of public and private...
Aug 9, 2017 | Freedom of expression, Internet regulation, Journalism, News media
Readers of the Information and Law Policy Centre blog may be interested in the following ECREA event. The Future of Media Content: Interventions and Industries in the Internet Era 15 – 16 September 2017 The “Communication Law and Policy” and “Media Industries and...
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...
Aug 2, 2017 | Data Privacy, Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Journalism, Privacy
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...
