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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Month: January 2023 (Page 2 of 2)
One of Elon Musk’s stated reasons for purchasing Twitter was to use the social media platform to defend the right to free speech. The ability to defend that right, or to abuse it, lies in a specific piece of legislation passed in 1996, at the pre-dawn of the modern age of social media. Continue reading
In Zemmour v France [2022] ECHR 1130 (in French only), the Fifth Section of the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that the Article 10 right of the applicant, a journalist and political commentator, had not been violated by his conviction for inciting discrimination and religious hatred against the Muslim community in France under s.24 § 7 of the Freedom of the Press Act of 29 July 1881. Continue reading
On 21 December 2022 the UK Supreme Court (Lords Briggs, Hamblen and Leggatt) granted the defendant permission to appeal in the case of George v Cannell. Continue reading
I completed an English LLB law degree in 2016, and an LLM in 2017. Back then, there were few options to study data protection law modules. Little did we know that data protection would become a very important area of law (and one I wish I had learned about a lot sooner!). Continue reading
Welcome back and a very happy new year to all Inforrm readers. The Hilary Legal Term begins on Wednesday 11 January 2023 and ends on Wednesday 13 April 2023 . 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
Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2022. Following my posts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 here is my selection of notable privacy and data protection cases across 2022. Continue reading
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