With billions of people now members of social media networks such as Facebook and the all-pervasiveness of big tech throughout many aspects of our lives, conversations about digital citizenship have never been more important. Read the rest of this entry »
Scandal at the Times: Another Journalistic Cover-Up – Brian Cathcart
29 06 2019
In the British press, journalists rarely challenge other journalists about their standards. This approach is not protecting journalism. It is corrupting it.Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Unmasked
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
The Law, the ‘Outlaws’ and Ad Tech’s O.K. Corral – Ali Vaziri
29 06 2019
Programmatic advertising is often likened by commentators to the Wild West: some because they consider it to be a lawless place where anything goes; others because it pushes boundaries and is creating a new frontier. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Adtech, Ali Vaziri
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Freedom of Information, Internet
Unmasked: The Andrew Norfolk Report in 10 points – Brian Cathcart
28 06 2019
A brief summary of the 65-page report, which has been researched and written jointly by me and by Paddy French. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Paddy French
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy? – Donell Holloway
28 06 2019
I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown the nest. Now I’m swamped with Google and Facebook ads for beds and bedding. The week before it was puffer jackets. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Donell Holloway, Surveillance Capitalism, The Conversation
Categories : Data Protection, Internet, Privacy
Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe – Michael Douglas
27 06 2019
When you go online and write something nasty about a person, or even a small business, you risk being sued for defamation.mBut if someone else goes online and writes something nasty about a person on your social media page, can you be held liable even though you didn’t write it? Depending on who you are: maybe. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Michael Douglas, The Conversation
Categories : Australia, Libel
The Times and Intolerance: A Case to Answer – Julian Petley
26 06 2019
A just-published book, Unmasked: Andrew Norfolk, The Times Newspaper and Anti-Muslim Reporting – a Case to Answer [pdf] plays extremely serious charges against three series of articles by the paper’s chief investigative reporter. These all concern Muslims. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anti Islam, Brian Cathcart, MEND, Paddy French, Times
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
Did The Guardian misuse Boris Johnson’s private information, and could he sue? – Zoe McCallum
25 06 2019
The newspapers are once again replete with Boris Johnson’s private life. Last weekend he rowed loudly with his girlfriend. Neighbours overheard. She shouted “get off me”, “get out of my flat”, “you’re spoilt”, “you have no care for money or anything”. He shouted “get off my f***ing laptop”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Boris Johnson, Misuse of Private Information, Public Interest, Zoe McCallum
Categories : Privacy
Law and Media Round Up – 24 June 2019 [Updated]
24 06 2019
The private life of prospective Prime Minister Boris Johnson dominated the press over the past few days after Guardian reported that the police had been called to the London flat he shares with his partner after neighbours heard (and recorded) a “loud altercation”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Weekly Round Up
Categories : Legal, Media
Putting children at the centre: is re-designing the digital environment possible? – Mariya Stoilova and Sonia Livingstone
23 06 2019
Children (and adults alike) seem to be ‘playing tag’ with a sophisticated and fast-changing digital environment whose privacy parameters are hard to define and consequences even harder to predict. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Children's Rights, ICO, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Mariya Stoilova, Sonia Livingstone
Categories : Data Protection, Government and Policy
