Elon Musk has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter. Musk, a self-styled “free speech absolutist”, has been a long time critic of Twitter’s management and moderation policies. On completion of the deal, he tweeted that “the bird is freed.” This announcement comes after months of legal wrangling and an attempt by Musk to withdraw from the deal. Continue reading
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Month: October 2022 (Page 1 of 3)
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
Cold winds now blow in the US Supreme Court around the stability of a century’s worth of First Amendment doctrine; even New York Times Co v Sullivan 376 US 254 (1964), the most stable of that Court’s speech precedents, now seems in danger of being blown away in the storm, thanks to the recent decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v Bruen 597 US __ (2022) (Opinion pdf | Cornell | Justia | SCOTUSblog). Continue reading
If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became earlier this month. So serious, in fact, that it might end up before the US Supreme Court. Continue reading
Amid the extraordinary political turmoil of the past week, the House of Commons held a little noticed short debate on the subject of “Lawfare and Investigative Journalism“. 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 Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a second consultation on a Draft Data Protection and Journalism Code of practice [pdf]. This is a statutory code under section 124 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). The consultation was launched on 21 September 2022 and closes on 16 November 2022. Continue reading
A potential claimant who wishes to seek permission to issue proceedings anonymously (“an anonymity order”) in the KBD should do so at the same time as issuing the claim form and not before, according to the most recent edition of the King’s Bench Guide. Continue reading
The identities of the actors set to play Coleen Rooney, Rebekah Vardy and their lawyers, as well as husbands Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy, have been revealed for Channel 4’s upcoming two-part film, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama. There was a piece in the Scotsman about the series which will be broadcast later in the year. Continue reading
On September 20 2022, Adnan Sayed had his murder conviction overturned by a Baltimore judge after spending nearly 23 years in jail. His case had featured in the groundbreaking true crime podcast Serial. Continue reading
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