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The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: November 2021 (Page 2 of 4)
The recent political scandal in the UK involving Owen Paterson, a Conservative MP who was found to have broken parliamentary standards by repeatedly lobbying the government on behalf of two companies which paid him a large regular monthly fee, presents a classic case of a media scandal. Continue reading
Since the end of the 20th century, daily life for most of us has increasingly moved into the digital sphere. This has led to the rise of the so-called “onlife” dimension, which represents the intimate intertwining of our online and offline lives. Continue reading
In a statement in open court read on 15 November 2021 before Mr Justice Nicklin, the Home Secretary apologised to Dr Salman Butt, the editor of Islam 21C, for a press release published on 17 September 2015. Continue reading
Google has won its appeal in the Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google, with a unanimous judgement that rejected the Court of Appeal’s ruling that compensation can be awarded for “loss of control” of personal data by reason of any non-trivial contravention of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998), without the need to prove facts relating to specific individuals. Continue reading
I have just conducted a search on a popular search engine for “Seán Quinn”, and the message on the right – that Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe – appears at the bottom of each page of results. 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
The hearing of the appeal by the publisher of the Mail on Sunday against the High Court privacy and copyright ruling in favour of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, ended today and the judges said they would announce their decision ‘in due course’ – probably a matter of weeks. Continue reading
Data controllers can breathe. Google won and the “loss of control damages” gravy train for claimant data protection lawyers has been brought to a screeching halt. Continue reading
On the second day of the three-day appeal by the publishers of the Mail on Sunday against the High Court privacy and copyright judgment in favour of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the focus of the argument moved to the rights of her father, Thomas Markle. Continue reading
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