Freedom of Expression and Internet Regulation
Addressing the challenge of anonymous sources in the digital age
Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, research assistant at the Information Law and Policy Centre, reports from the launch of a new book by Eric Barendt, Emeritus Professor of Media Law at UCL, on anonymous speech in the context of literature, law and politics. On 28 June,...
Whistleblowers and journalists in the digital age
Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, research assistant at the Information Law and Policy Centre, reports on a research workshop hosted by the University of Cardiff on Digital Citizenship and the ‘Surveillance Society’. A workshop led by researchers at the Cardiff School of...
The Body of Law: An exhibition of drawings by Isobel Williams
The Supreme Court welcomes and informs the public, but how does an artist interpret the coded theatre of the hearings? Isobel William's new exhibition of drawings, sketched from the public seats of the Supreme Court with the court's permission, and other locations,...
Submissions and peer reviewers sought for new open access information rights journal
The Journal of Information Rights, Policy and Practice is a new open access, peer reviewed online journal launched in April. The journal aims to encourage interdisciplinary debate of current information rights issues from a variety of policy, practitioner and academic...
Workshop summary: Evaluating legal responses to threats to news in a digital environment
On the 3rd November 2015, a workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in London, to discuss potential legal responses to threats to the production of news in a digital environment. Particular attention was paid to copyright. The workshop was...
News: CMS committee approves Elizabeth Denham’s appointment as Information Commissioner
On Wednesday 27 April the government's preferred candidate for the new Information Commissioner appeared in front of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, whose remit now extends to this post. Video here. The CMS committee has now published its report,...
Comment: The not-so-secret life of ‘Generation Tagged’
In this post, Marion Oswald, Helen James & Emma Nottingham from the Centre for Information Rights, University of Winchester consider the issues for children's privacy, in light of the recent case of PJS v News Group Newspapers, being considered in the Supreme...
CJEU AG suggests that free Wi-Fi providers may not be ordered to password protect their networks
Christina Angelopoulos is a post-doc researcher at the Information Law and Policy Centre of the University of London. She wrote her PhD on intermediary liability in copyright at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam. In the following...
Needles on top of haystacks and reporting the courts in a digital age
An update on developments in digital court reporting by the Information Law and Policy Centre's Judith Townend How should courts be reported in the digital age? It’s a question that’s been preoccupying me for a number of years. My understanding of the technology, law...
Cultural cold wars: The risk of anti-‘extremism’ policy for academic freedom of expression
Universities risk ignoring laws about protecting freedom of speech in their attempt to protect students against being radicalised, argue Professor Alison Scott-Baumann and Hugh Tomlinson QC. This post first appeared on Research Professional. Universities are under...