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...
Jul 31, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Freedom of information, News media
In this guest post, Professor Sonia Livingstone, (London School of Economics and Political Science), assesses the evidence behind claims in the media that the internet is harming children and young people. Her article is relevant to the Information Law and Policy...
Jun 26, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Journalism, News media, Open Justice
Lorna Woods, Lawrence McNamara and Judith Townend – affiliated members of the Information Law and Policy Centre – comment on the Law Commission’s proposals to reform ‘Protection of Official Data’. This blog post accompanies their...
