Sep 13, 2017 | Freedom of expression, Internet regulation, News media, Social Media
Readers of the Information and Law Policy Centre blog are invited to submit a call for papers for the Global Fake News and Defamation Symposium on the theme of ‘Fake News and Weaponized Defamation: Global Perspectives’ Concept Note: The notion of “fake...
Sep 8, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Internet regulation, Social Media
Facebook Watch. Facebook In this guest post, Harry T Dyer, University of East Anglia, looks into the complicated relationship between social media and young people. His article is relevant to the Information Law and Policy Centre’s annual conference coming up in...
Sep 4, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Social Media
In this guest post, Dr Natalia Kucirkova, UCL and Professor Sonia Livingstone, (London School of Economics and Political Science), explore ‘screen time’ as an outdated term and why we need to recognise the power of learning through screen-based...
Aug 30, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media
Beer5020/Shutterstock In this guest post, Vladlena Benson, Kingston University, assesses the need to encourage conscious social media use among the young. Her article is relevant to the Information Law and Policy Centre’s annual conference coming up in November...
Aug 16, 2017 | Ethics, Privacy, Social Media
Marion Oswald Senior Fellow at The Centre for Information Rights, University of Winchester contributes to the blog, examining the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) consultation run by The Centre of Information Rights. The consultation...
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...
