Freedom of Expression and Internet Regulation
New approach to media cases at the Royal Courts of Justice is a welcome development
Guest post by Dr Judith Townend. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in Communications Law journal, volume 23, issue 1 (Bloomsbury Professional) and PA Media Lawyer. In 2012 Mr Justice Tugendhat, ahead of his retirement in 2014, made a plea...
Recent developments on freedom of expression, Dr David Goldberg
This post brings us some recent developments on freedom expression from Dr David Goldberg, Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, and member of the Information...
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Winchester, UK
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Holiday Inn, Winchester, UK Theme: Public Law, Politics and the Constitution: A new battleground between the Law and Technology? Keynote speakers will be Michael Barton, Chief...
British government’s new ‘anti-fake news’ unit has been tried before – and it got out of hand
In this guest post, Dan Lomas, Programme Leader, MA Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Salford, explores the British government's new 'anti-fake news' unit. The decision to set up a new National Security Communications Unit to counter the growth of...
Who’s responsible for what happens on Facebook? Analysis of a new ECJ opinion
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...
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...
On Internet Intermediaries – from Defamation to Directive to Data Protection
In this guest post, Professor of Law and Innovation at Queen's University Belfast Daithí Mac Síthigh reviews the recent Information Law and Policy Centre seminar that explored Internet intermediaries and their legal role and obligations. Taking stock of recent...
Call for Papers: Global Fake News and Defamation Symposium
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 news” has...
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...
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 -...