Apr 4, 2019 | Social Media, Uncategorized
It took nearly five years into the internet’s life before anyone made a concerted effort to archive it. Much of our earliest online activity has disappeared. This post was originally written by Stephen Dowling for BBC Future. In 2005, student Alex Tew had a...
Mar 18, 2019 | Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media, Uncategorized
This post was originally written by Graham Smith and published on Cyberleagle. All the signs are that the government will shortly propose a duty of care on social media platforms aimed at reducing the risk of harm...
Oct 2, 2018 | Internet regulation, Social Media
This blog post was written by Professor Lorna Woods and originally posted on Inforrm. Concern about the possible harmful effects of social media can now be seen in civil society, politics and the justice system not just in the UK but around the world. The remarkable...
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,...
Nov 30, 2017 | Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance
In this guest post, Yijun Yu, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University examines the world’s top websites and their routine tracking of a user’s every keystroke, mouse movement and input into a web form – even if it’s later...
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...
