In the early 20th Century, the Sunday Chronicle, a newspaper owned by E. Hulton & Co, published a satirical travel piece about a festival in Dieppe, France. The article referred to an individual named Artemus Jones, an Englishman who it was alleged had come over to the festival in Dieppe and was carrying on an adulterous affair with a French woman. Continue reading
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Though it has many legitimate uses, the dark side of deepfake technology has once again been highlighted by Labour MP Jess Asato’s current claim against Elon Musk’s xAI for its Grok feature which produced fake sexualised images of her. Continue reading
In his article on the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 899, Sean Sutherland warns, forebodingly, that the “striking decision risks undercutting the law of defamation, which has grown incrementally to balance the interests of freedom of expression and of reputation” and adding “uncertainty into the law.” 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
The Trinity Legal Term ended on Friday 31 July 2026. The summer legal vacation will run until Thursday 1 October 2026 when the Michaelmas Legal Term will begin. 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
The Trinity Legal Term ends on Friday 31 July 2026. The summer legal vacation will run until Thursday 1 October 2026 when the Michaelmas Legal Term will begin. 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
One year after the decision in Walters v OpenAI (Case No. 23-A-04860-2) [pdf], the case remains one of the most significant judicial examinations of how traditional defamation principles apply to generative AI, albeit in a U.S. context. Continue reading
This month’s Mail Newspapers judgment in the case brought by Prince Harry and others was a comprehensive defeat for the claimants [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB). The judge found that, in relation to every one of the 57 pleaded articles, the claimants had failed to prove that Mail journalists had used unlawful information gathering (UIG). Continue reading
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