For many years, the negative and harmful impact of social media platforms on democratic life was common knowledge within the community of critical scholars analysing social media and their impact on political and social life. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: October 2023 (Page 3 of 3)
In the wake of the digital revolution, questions surrounding the right to privacy and the right to be forgotten have come to the fore. With the digitalisation of press archives, what once required extensive archival research can now be discovered – even sometimes accidentally – through a simple online search. This is what led the Belgian Courts to order that Mr Hurbain anonymise an article in the online archive of the Le Soir newspaper. Before the European Court of Human Rights (the Court, ECtHR) Mr Hurbain argued that this order had violated his right to freedom of expression. Continue reading
On 7 September 2023, the High Court of Northern Ireland delivered judgment in the case of McGettigan v Mannok Holdings [2023] NIKB 90. The Plaintiff, a practising solicitor, claimed that Mannok Holdings had defamed him in three letters to the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s (LSNI) Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), submitted in complaint against him. Continue reading
In a recent blog post I reported that several police forces in the UK had made headline news because of failures to comply with requirements of the UK GDPR when preparing responses to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 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
In the dying days of the last Northern Ireland Executive the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (NI) 2022 was passed, implementing many of the recommendations of the Gillen Review Report into the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in NI. Continue reading
Today is the first day of the Michaelmas Legal Term and the beginning of the legal year. The Michaelmas Term will finish on 21 December 2023. This is our first round up of the new legal year and, from today, we will resume regular daily posting. Continue reading
The Online Safety Bill will shortly become law in the UK as soon as it receives Royal Assent. The legislation will introduce a new regulatory regime for online platforms and search engines which target the UK, imposing wide-ranging obligations on in-scope services with serious consequences for non-compliance. Continue reading
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