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Month: September 2018 (Page 3 of 3)

The essential elements of the new Internet governance: diversity, optimism and independence – Jonny Shipp

September 7, 2018 / / 1 Comment

Policymakers and the Silicon Valley giants are engaged in a battle over freedom and regulation. The Internet Commission is catalysing a new, positive cycle of organisational accountability, transparency and multi-stakeholder dialogue. The Dialogue on Digital Responsibility brings policymakers, academics and activists together with online firms to make progress on digital responsibility and accountability. Continue reading

Australia: the public interest backwater – David Rolph

September 5, 2018 / / 0 Comments

The UK, Canada, and New Zealand have developed a broader qualified privilege public interest defence … Australia lags in this development, although there are special local impediments … Durie v Gardiner in NZ holds there is nothing special about government or political speech that should not be applied to the protection of all speech … Waiting for the proper case in Australia … Professor David Rolph comments. Continue reading

Case Law: Burki v. Seventy Thirty Ltd, Plenty of fish, too little caviar – Barbara Rich

September 1, 2018 / / 2 Comments

The case of Burki v. Seventy Thirty Ltd, Seventy Thirty Ltd [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB) offers a vivid glimpse into the real-life world of “Wry Society”, a regular feature in the Financial Times How to Spend Itmagazine, which holds a mirror up to its readership by satirising the tastes and foibles of High Net Worth Individuals in pursuit of expensively “curated” lifestyles. Continue reading

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