Football pundit Gary Lineker has returned to live presenting of the BBC’s football coverage after a temporary suspension while he was investigated for breaching impartiality rules. Lineker was told to step back from hosting Match Of The Day last week after he published a tweet criticising a new government migrant policy. Continue reading
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The BBC’s highest-paid presenter, Gary Lineker, will soon be back in action after being briefly suspended for what the broadcaster described as a breach of its impartiality guidelines. Continue reading
Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News offers unprecedented access to internal discussions at the network regarding its coverage of false narratives disseminated by Donald Trump and his enablers regarding the integrity of the 2020 election that formed part of a broader conspiracy to overturn the results of the election, culminating in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Continue reading
On 16 February 2023, the Leveson-compliant press regulator IMPRESS launched its new Standards Code and Guidance following a two-year review of its editorial standards. Continue reading
The Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill was reintroduced into Parliament this week. The bill reforms provisions relating to automated decision making, makes changes to the obligations of data controllers and processors and amends the existing law relating to international transfers of personal data. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
A loyal reader has pointed out that the Inforrm Blog missed its own thirteenth birthday (and transition into being a teenager), on 22 January 2023. We will take this opportunity to remind readers that we have now been publishing for over 13 years. Continue reading
The written answer to two Parliamentary Questions on Tuesday 21 February 2023 provides hope for imminent publication of the long awaited the General Scheme of a Defamation (Amendment) Bill, including the introduction of an anti-SLAPP mechanism. Continue reading
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