One of the many unfortunate side effects of life in lockdown has been an increase in online abuse, with police, cybersecurity firms and charities alike reporting an increase in online stalking and harassment, as well as a surge in cases of revenge porn. Continue reading
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Month: February 2021 (Page 1 of 4)
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
“Why don’t you kill yourself?” “Better go into hiding”. “I’d pop her on a bonfire”. “We need to get rid of these people”. “Shut her up”. “People like this needs a proper slap – enough to clatter the teeth”. “Years ago she would have been burned at the stake”. “This needs to stop – and forcefully if necessary”. “Bring back hanging”. “How about a trip to the gulag?” “Looks J’ish to me”. “Noose”. Continue reading
Just over a year and a half ago, on 9 July 2019, Inforrm published my piece Will we discover when the Queen can be required to give evidence in court? Continue reading
The UK Government’s ambitious plans to ‘make the UK the safest place in the world to go online, and the best place to grow and start a digital business’ have been a long time in the making. Continue reading
On 9 February 2021, in a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd v Reddell [2021] ZAWCHC 22, Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath of the Western Cape High Court recognised that defendants may in principle raise a SLAPP defence in defamation cases. Continue reading
On 15 February 2021 the Press Gazette reported that a man has been jailed for almost six months after sending Facebook messages threatening to shoot a regional journalist. Peter Cunliffe has also been handed a two-year restraining order preventing him from contacting Amy Fenton, who at the time of the offence was chief reporter at Newsquest daily The Mail in Cumbria. Continue reading
This is the thirteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. 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
“Publishers and their legal teams will fear that yesterday’s victory for the Duchess of Sussex is a leap towards a judge made privacy law” ran The Times article the day after Mr Justice Warby granted Summary Judgment in Meghan’s case against the Mail on Sunday (HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspaper Limited [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch)). Continue reading
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