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Law and Media Round Up – 15 June 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today announced a Australian-style ban for Teenagers under the age of 16 from accessing “high-risk” social media apps while safer platforms will be subjected to restrictions. There will blocks on harmful functions such as livestreaming and stranger communication with children for under-16s.  These proposals were made after a consultation on keeping children safe online. There was a report of this announcement on the BBC website. Continue reading

Untrusted and Unaccountable: Another year of failure for the sham press “regulator” IPSO – Nathan Sparkes and Tom Chivers

While broadcasters and social media platforms are overseen by Ofcom, the rest of the media – newspapers and their websites – remain unregulated.   Instead, most newspaper publishers are in IPSO, a complaints body controlled by the press itself, which has a dire record of failing to protect the public since it was established over ten years ago. Continue reading

Law and Media Round Up – 8 June 2026

Donald Trump’s legal team has refused to provide financial records requested by the BBC in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a Panorama documentary about the 6 January 2021 Capitol riots. Trump claims the programme damaged his reputation and business interests by misleadingly editing parts of a speech he gave before the unrest. Continue reading

Case Law: Rodoy v Optical Express, Court finds claimant who lacked remorse for historic scam is still a fraudster – Adham Harker

Optical Express accused of 'character assassination' against consumer rights activistThe judgment in Rodoy v Optical Express Limited [2026] EWHC 1219 (KB) is a fascinating one – despite running to 411 paragraphs and over 40,000 words.  Ms Rodoy operates a website and various social media groups/accounts called ‘Optical Express Ruined My Life’ (‘OERML’), which warns of the dangers of laser eye surgery.  That is despite never having been a customer of Optical Express. Continue reading

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