The Online Safety Bill [pdf] was published in draft on 12 May 2021. In a press release about the plan, the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) claimed the “landmark laws” will “keep children safe, stop racial hate and protect democracy online”. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: May 2021 (Page 2 of 3)
Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year. Most of the media coverage of data breaches tends to focus on how the breach happened, how many records were stolen and the financial and legal impact of the incident for organizations and individuals affected by the breach. But what happens to the data that is stolen during these incidents? 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
Referred to by some as Facebook’s “supreme court”, the oversight board tasked with reversing or upholding Facebook’s content moderation decisions has ruled that the social media company’s ban of Donald Trump should be maintained. Continue reading
The government is finalising its choice for the vacant position of chair of the UK’s broadcasting and telecoms regulator, Ofcom. Continue reading
While the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has forced a good number of industries to count their blessings, the social media sector and over-the-top (“OTT”) platforms have been an aberration and witnessed a significant surge in usage. As the content consumption increases, content production increases as well. Continue reading
On 7 January 2021, Facebook suspended the account of Donald Trump, President of the United States for an indefinite period. The long-awaited decision of the Facebook Oversight Board on the suspension of Donald Trump’s account resembles the judgment of Solomon: it divided the question into two, and upheld the first part, rolling the second part back to Facebook. Continue reading
On 5 May 2021 the Duchess of Sussex won the final element of her privacy and copyright case against Associated Newspapers. In January, Lord Justice Warby had delivered summary judgment in her favour, setting aside for later only the copyright point of the possible second author of the letter. Continue reading
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published the 6th Edition of its free eBook, Freedom of Expression, the Media and Journalists. The book can be downloaded from this link. 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
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