The main headline on the front page of yesterday’s Times tells us that “Terrorists are exploiting the ‘right to be forgotten’”. It is a striking headline and, like the Times’ front page story three weeks ago about the police using a “loophole to hack phones”, it is total nonsense. Read the rest of this entry »
The “Forgotten Terrorists”, another piece of nonsense on the Times front page – Evan Harris
13 11 2014Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Evan Harris, Google Spain, Hacked Off, Right to be Forgotten, Sajid Javid
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Journalism
Case Law, Strasbourg: Conviction of journalist for reporting about sex abuses violated Article 10 – Flutura Kusari and Dirk Voorhoof
13 11 2014
In Erla Hlynsdottir v. Iceland (No. 2), an Icelandic journalist had been convicted for defamation after reporting that the director of a Christian rehabilitation centre and his wife had been involved in sex games with patients of the centre. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Dirk Voorhoof, Flutura Kusari, Strasbourg Observers
Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Human Rights
Mazher Mahmood and the Met: Too Close for Comfort? – The Regular Contributor
13 11 2014
There were sea changes at the Metropolian Police Service (MPS) and at the News of the World (NOTW) as the 1990s came to a close. The new MPS Commissioner – John Stevens – wanted to encourage positive press through a closer relationship with national newspapers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bellingtcat, Mazher Mahmood
Categories : Journalism, Media
