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Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle, so we must teach youngsters to use it wisely

Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle, so we must teach youngsters to use it wisely

Aug 30, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media

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

Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference 2017 – Children and Digital Rights: Regulating Freedoms and Safeguards

Aug 22, 2017 | Children, Ethics, Privacy

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 Congratulations to @infolawcentre @IALS_law @NoraNiLoideain on an extremely well-organised,...
The Legal Challenges of Social Media

The Legal Challenges of Social Media

Aug 9, 2017 | Ethics, Freedom of expression, Journalism, News media, Privacy, 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...
Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle, so we must teach youngsters to use it wisely

Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories

Jun 21, 2017 | Children, Ethics, News media, Social Media

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...
Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference 2017 – Children and Digital Rights: Regulating Freedoms and Safeguards

Call for Papers – Children and Digital Rights: Regulating Freedoms and Safeguards

Jun 8, 2017 | Children, Data Privacy, Ethics, European Policy, Government policy, Internet regulation, Privacy

We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference on 17 November 2017 at IALS in London, this year supported by Bloomsbury’s Communications Law journal. You can read about our previous annual events here. We...
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