During the Leveson Inquiry, there was, apparently, an intense David versus Goliath battle being fought by Fleet Street. Continue reading
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Month: January 2017 (Page 2 of 6)
The war between the government and the press over section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, or rather between the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) and Impress, is artificial and wholly unnecessary. Continue reading
The Greek courts were wrong to hold the director of a Greek newspaper and one of its journalists liable for describing an actress recently appointed to an advisory board as “completely unknown”. The Court of Human Rights so decided on 19 January 2017 in Kapsis and Danikas v. Greece (application no. 52137/12)(available only in French). Continue reading
The inauguration of President Donald J Trump on 20 January 2017 was the biggest media story in the world this week. The 45th President’s activities over the next 4 years are likely to provide some interesting media law stories. Continue reading
A preview of some of the UK internet legal developments that we can expect in 2017. Any proposed EU legislation will be subject to Brexit considerations and so may never happen in the UK. Continue reading
The purpose of this update is to correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, to explain and comment on published Judgments of family cases and to highlight other transparency news. Continue reading
The liability of intermediaries, such as social media companies, and the scope of the defences under the 2002 Regulations/e-Commerce Directive is a matter of considerable significance as many thousands of content-related complaints are made on a daily basis.
The protections that courts have given to online publishers under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act 1996 (the “CDA”) just may have gone too far. Continue reading
In possibly Australia’s most important privacy case to date, the Federal Court today severely gutted Australia’s information privacy laws by narrowing the definition of “personal information”. Continue reading
The courts in Northern Ireland have handed down two important judgments on the civil liability of social media companies for content posted by users. Continue reading
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