Last October and November, I sketched the evolution of the government’s proposals for a digital safety commissioner. Following a consultation process last Spring, and missing the deadline of the end of the year by a few weeks, they have published their proposals for the general scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. Read the rest of this entry »
The Irish Government’s proposed Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill has a surprising omission – Eoin O’Dell
15 01 2020Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Cearta.ie, Eoin O'Dell, Online Harms
Categories : Internet, Ireland, Media Regulation
Internet legal developments to look out for in 2020 – Graham Smith
2 01 2020
Never mind Brexit, what is coming up on the UK internet legal scene in the coming year? The highlight of 2020 is of course the January publication of the 5th Edition of Internet Law and Regulation :-). That apart, here are some cases and legislation to look out for. (In accordance with long tradition this feature does not cover data protection). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cyberleagle, Developments in 2020, Graham Smith
Categories : Internet
We need a full public service internet: state-owned infrastructure is just the start – Christian Fuchs
10 12 2019
The UK Labour Party’s 2019 election manifesto contains plans to bring BT’s internet infrastructure business into public ownership by creating British Broadband and to roll out and provide superfast broadband free to all households and businesses. This would be funded via a digital tax on the profits of internet giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Internet
What you need to know about privacy policies – Suneet Sharma
8 12 2019
Sites you visit, applications you use and services you take all have privacy policies – but what are they and why are they important, despite many people just check boxing them? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Suneet Sharme
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Internet, Privacy, Social Media
Case Law: ABC v Google, Claimant who refused to tell the court or his opponent who he was runs out of track – Elisabeth Mason
5 12 2019
In ABC v Google LLC [2019] EWHC 3020 (QB) the High Court dismissed the latest attempt by an anonymous litigant-in-person (‘ABC’) to continue his ‘right to be forgotten’ claim against Google. The claim concerned Google’s failure to block access to historic news reports concerning ABC (whomever he may be). Extraordinarily, ABC pursued his claim for nearly two years without ever identifying himself either to his opponent or to the court. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson, Elisabeth Mason, Google
Categories : Data Protection, Internet, Open Justice
The internet’s founder now wants to ‘fix the web’, but his proposal misses the mark – Terry Flew
28 11 2019
On March 12, the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, the internet’s founder Tim Berners-Lee said we needed to “fix the web”. The statement attracted considerable interest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Terry Flew, Tim Berners-Lee
Categories : Internet
Australia: A push to make social media companies liable in defamation is great for newspapers and lawyers, but not you – Michael Douglas
28 11 2019
At his Wednesday 20 November 2019 address to the National Press Club, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the federal government is pursuing “immediate” defamation law reform. The announcement seemed a bit odd, as defamation is a subject for state and territory governments to legislate on. A NSW-led law reform process has been ongoing for years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Michael Douglas, The Conversation
Categories : Australia, Internet, Libel, Social Media
Ireland: The Government’s plans for a digital safety commissioner proceed apace – Eoin O’Dell
23 11 2019
In my earlier post on the demise of the UK’s current age-verification plans for online porn – and what that might mean for Ireland’s proposed Digital Safety Commissioner, I noted that long-standing Irish Government policy is to establish such a Commissioner, and that the current timetable is that it is intended to bring forward the necessary legislation before the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Internet, Ireland, Social Media
Free broadband: internet access is now a human right, no matter who pays the bills – Merten Reglitz
19 11 2019
The UK Labour Party is promising to provide free broadband internet to every British household by 2030 if it wins the 2019 election. To do this, the party would nationalise the broadband infrastructure business of BT and tax internet giants like Google and Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Merten Reglitz, The Conversation
Categories : Government and Policy, Human Rights, Internet
Daily Mail publication of intimate images of Congresswoman Katie Hill’s sparks a conversation about ISP liability in revenge pornography cases – Colette Allen
14 11 2019
Katie Hill, the former Representative for Los Angeles, quit Congress last Thursday after intimate photos were leaked by her ex-husband and an investigation was launched into whether she had a relationship with her subordinate. In a tearful resignation video, Hill vowed to dedicate the rest of her career to fighting revenge pornography and getting justice for victims. In the UK, the Daily Mail stuck its nose in by displaying the images on their website last week. This incident seemed as good a time as any to look into what avenues survivor-victims of revenge pornography can take under current English and Welsh law. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Katie Hill, revenge porn
Categories : Internet, Privacy
