Ethics and Transparency
Too much information? More than 80% of children have an online presence by the age of two
In this guest post, Claire Bessant, Northumbria University, Newcastle, looks into the phenomenon of 'sharenting'. Her article is relevant to the Information Law and Policy Centre’s annual conference coming up in November – Children and Digital Rights: Regulating...
Call for Papers: Trust, Risk, Information & the Law Conference
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 the...
Has Facebook finally given up chasing teenagers? It’s complicated
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...
Why the very idea of ‘screen time’ is muddled and misguided
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UCL and Professor Sonia Livingstone, (London School of Economics and Political Science), explore 'screen time' as an outdated term and why we need to recognise the power of learning through screen-based technologies. Their...
Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle, so we must teach youngsters to use it wisely
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 -...
Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference 2017 – Children and Digital Rights: Regulating Freedoms and Safeguards
This event took place at the Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on Friday, 17 November 2017. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 RESOURCES https://twitter.com/ProfRaviBarn/status/931576164375810048...
Are we still ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ and if so, at what cost to children?
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...
The Legal Challenges of 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...
No, the internet is not actually stealing kids’ innocence
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...
Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
Nothing like Instagram. (cliplab.pro/Shutterstock) In this guest post, Andy Przybylski (University of Oxford) and Amy C Orben (University of Oxford), consider the impact of social media use on children and associated media coverage. Their article is relevant...