Freedom of Expression and Internet Regulation
Submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on ‘Official Data Protection’: Open Rights Group
In response to a Cabinet Office request in 2015, the Law Commission has been reviewing relevant statutes – the Official Secrets Act in particular – to "examine the effectiveness of the criminal law provisions that protect Government information from unauthorised...
Where did all the privacy injunctions go? A response to the Queen’s Bench ‘Media List’ consultation
Dr Judith Townend highlights the difficulties in accessing accurate data on privacy injunctions as part of a submission made on behalf of the Transparency Project to the Queen’s Bench ‘Media List’ consultation . Dr Townend is a Lecturer in Media and Information Law,...
Event: “The Legal Challenges of Social Media”
This event took place at the Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on Thursday, 6 July 2017. Date: 6 July 2017 Time: 15:00 to 17:00 Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Book now: Free...
UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
In this guest post for World Press Freedom Day, Julie Posetti at the University of Wollongong, analyses how mass surveillance and data retention regimes are threatening journalists' sources. Her new UNESCO report explores similar themes to the Information Law and...
Information Law Group 2nd Annual ‘Work in Progress’ Workshop
The Information Law Group at the University of Sussex warmly invites you to their 2nd Annual 'Work in Progress' Workshop on Wednesday 3rd May. The workshop provides an opportunity to discuss current research and receive feedback in a highly focused, informal...
Where to after Watson: The challenges and future of data retention in the UK
An event hosted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and sponsored by Simmons & Simmons. Date: 11th May 2017 Time: 17:30 - 19:30 (Registration open from 17:00). Followed by a reception Venue: Simmons & Simmons, City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y...
AG Szpunar in Stichting Brein v Ziggo: An Indirect Harmonisation of Indirect Liability?
In the following piece, Christina Angelopoulos, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge, analyses the recent Opinion by AG Szpunar in case C-610/15, Stichting Brein v Ziggo. The post was originally published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog....
New Study on Intermediary Liability and European Copyright Reform
Dr Christina Angelopoulos, associate research fellow at the Information Law & Policy Centre and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, has authored a study entitled ‘On Online Platforms and the Commission’s New Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the...
New Special Issue of Communications Law: Information control in an ominous global environment
The Information Law and Policy Centre is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the Communications Law journal based on papers submitted for our annual workshop last November. The journal articles are available via direct subscription, through...
Media Freedom: ‘Without action the Commonwealth’s fine words will fail to impress.’
In this guest post, journalist and Africa analyst Martin Plaut, calls on the Commonwealth to take a more robust view on new threats to journalistic independence. Do they challenge democracy and human rights as much as freedom of speech? The Commonwealth has a problem:...