On Monday 5 October 2020, there was a hearing before Mann J in the long running Mirror Phone Hacking Litigation. The judge heard claims that the Mirror Group Newspapers put private investigators on senior High Court media law judges “who granted anonymity injunctions in privacy proceedings”. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: October 2020 (Page 3 of 4)
It is a critical time for public interest journalism. Trust in the mainstream media is a major problem as fake news spreads unabated on social networks. Continue reading
Since the early months of 2020 and the WHO’s declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, governments worldwide have declared national states of emergency and the pandemic has placed a significant burden on global health infrastructures, especially in contexts with existing constraints of infrastructural or institutional weaknesses. Continue reading
The removal of the right to jury trial in defamation cases by the Defamation Act 2013 has meant that the Courts can determine issues such as meaning as preliminary issues at an early stage. While preliminary issue trials on meaning have now become the norm, the issues and practices that surround them are far from settled. This post considers some recent trends and issues that have arisen in practice. 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
Facebook has responded to Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, saying it “buries the substance in sensationalism”. The show is currently in Netflix Australia’s top ten list and has been popular around the globe. Some media pundits suggest it’s “the most important documentary of our times”. Continue reading
Regulating online platforms has proven difficult, and not only due to the overused idea that technology moves faster than law. It often boils down to an unwillingness by policy-makers to tackle the underlying systemic issues of big tech, exacerbated by active lobbying by the tech industry, and the myth that ‘innovation first, regulation later’ will ever work. Continue reading
The Michaelmas Legal Term in England and Wales began on Thursday 1 October 2020 and will end on Monday 21 December 2020. This post includes significant developments over the past few weeks, since our Summer Law and Media Round Up. 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
Being presented with a list of expectations and ways to meet those expectations by someone you’re in a relationship with isn’t generally considered endearing. But the Information Commissioner’s done just that with her newly launched Accountability Framework, and many organisations she regulates might grow to love her for it. Continue reading
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