The criminalisation of drill music by the Metropolitan Police denies artists and producers of their right to freedom of expression. This article situates this genre-specific censorship in its racial context, considers the Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights implications, and summarises what other European jurisdictions have done when faced with violent lyrics. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: March 2021 (Page 4 of 4)
The Government of India has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the “Rules”) on February 25, 2021 under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) applicable to internet intermediaries, social media intermediaries, publishers of news and current affairs content and online curated content (defined to mean curated catalogue of audio-visual content owned by, licensed to or contracted to be transmitted by a publisher and made available on demand). Continue reading
Dylan Sadler, a senior solicitor and prosecutor with the Environment Agency in the west of England, has succeeded in his libel action against the owners and operators of the Plants Galore garden centres in Devon. Continue reading
Three weeks after their crushing legal defeat at the hands of the Duchess of Sussex last month, the owners of the Mail on Sunday returned to court in characteristically belligerent form – and had another bad day. Continue reading
Facebook’s recent decision to block its Australian users from sharing or viewing news content provoked a worldwide backlash and accusations of hubris and bullying. Although the company has now reversed its decision following an agreement with the Australian government, the row has exposed the fragility of Facebook’s founding myth: that Mark Zuckerberg’s brainchild is a force for good, providing a public space for people to connect, converse and cooperate. Continue reading
On 24 February 2021, Saini J handed down judgment in a preliminary hearing on meaning in Ware v French [2021] EWHC 384 (QB). This was a libel action over a website article dubbing reporter John Ware’s Panorama programme into anti-Semitism in the Labour party “rogue journalism”. Continue reading
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