Freedom of Expression and Internet Regulation
Conference: The Commonwealth and Challenges to Media Freedom
Date 4 Apr 2017, 10:00 to 5 Apr 2017, 18:00 Venue Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Book Online: SAS Events Calendar Description: Convenor: Sue Onslow, ICwS Senior Lecturer and Co-Investigator, The Oral History of the Commonwealth...
Call for papers: Critical Research in Information Law
Deadline 15 March 2017 The Information Law Group at the University of Sussex is pleased to announce its annual PhD and Work in Progress Workshop on 3 May 2017. The workshop, chaired by Professor Chris Marsden, will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to...
Conference: The Power Switch; How Power is Changing in a Networked World
Cripps Court auditorium, Magdalene College, 1-3 Chesterton Road, Cambridge 31 March 2017, 09:00 - 18:15 Registration for this conference is now open, please register here. The full programme is available here. Full fee £20 (includes refreshments and lunch) Student and...
Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources
By Judith Townend, University of Sussex and Richard Danbury, De Montfort University Donald Trump has declared war on anonymous sources and wants to ban their use by journalists. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 24, he...
ILPC launches new report: ‘Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age’
The emergence of an everyday digital culture and the increasing use of legal instruments by state actors to collect and access communications data has led to growing concern about the protection of journalistic sources and whistleblowers. With the support of Guardian...
Reflections on ‘Freedom of Information’ at 250
In December 2016, the Information Law and Policy Centre co-organised an event celebrating the 250th anniversary of the world’s first law providing a right to information. It was hosted by free expression NGO, Article 19 at the Free Word Centre and supported by the...
Your next social network could pay you for posting
In this guest post, Jelena Dzakula from the London School of Economics and Political Science considers what blockchain technology might mean for the future of social networking. You may well have found this article through Facebook. An algorithm programmed by one of...
Book launch: ‘Private Power, Online Information Flows and EU Law: Mind The Gap’
Book launch at: The Conservatory, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square London WC1B 3DP 6pm – 8pm, 31 January 2017 This event is FREE but registration is required on Eventbrite. Speaker: Angela Daly With guest speakers: Professor Chris Marsden, University of...
Implementing Leveson, how the national newspaper groups use the local press as “human shields” – Hugh Tomlinson QC
In this guest post, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Chair of Hacked Off, considers the press's response to the Government's consultation on the implementation of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 - a significant component in the Leveson system of press regulation. The...
Network Neutrality: From policy to law to regulation
Book launch at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Charles Clore House 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5DR 6pm – 8pm, 9 February 2017 This event is FREE but advanced booking is required on the IALS Events Calendar: Speaker: Professor Christopher T. Marsden:...