The Transparency Project referred a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation after the Daily Mail refused to correct substantive inaccuracies in a headline and article about a family court judgment. Read the rest of this entry »
Bob the Builder: can IPSO fix it? – Paul Magrath
8 11 2018Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Categories : Media Regulation
Sexual offences, domestic violence and women’s health: Developments from IPSO and the ASA – Demelza Hassani
31 10 2018
Two recent IPSO developments and one decision from the Advertising Standard Agency (“ASA”) demonstrate a trend towards more active challenging and regulation of the media in respect of issues relating to sexual offences, domestic violence and women’s health. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: ASA, Demelza Hassani, IPSO
Categories : Government and Policy, Media, Media Regulation
IPSO: The Toothless Puppet Rolls over for its masters (again) – Brian Cathcart
26 10 2018
‘We order you to print this correction on page 2,’ said IPSO. ‘We’d rather not,’ replied the Mail on Sunday. ‘Oh dear,’ said IPSO, ‘in that case page 8 will do.’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, Front page corrections, IPSO
Categories : Media Regulation
Take care with that social media duty of care – Graham Smith
23 10 2018
Should social media platforms be subject to a statutory duty of care, akin to occupiers’ liability or health and safety, with the aim of protecting against online harms? In a series of blogposts and evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee William Perrin and Professor Lorna Woods suggest that the answer should be yes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cyberleagle, Duty of Care, Graham Smith, Lorna Woods
Categories : Media Regulation, Social Media
Anticipatory regulation: a way forward for platform governance? – Jelena Dzakula
12 10 2018
A wide consensus has emerged that regulatory framework for platforms like Google and Facebook needs to change. Calls for action are coming from a range of different stakeholders in the UK, with proposed solutions varying in terms of models of regulation, and who should implement them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anticipatory Regulation, Jelena Dzakula, LSE. Media Policy Project
Categories : Internet, Media Regulation, Social Media
A Lord Chamberlain for the internet? Thanks, but no thanks – Graham Smith
10 10 2018
This summer marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Theatres Act 1968, the legislation that freed the theatres from the censorious hand of the Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household. Thereafter theatres needed to concern themselves only with the general laws governing speech. In addition they were granted a public good defence to obscenity and immunity from common law offences against public morality. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Freedom of expression, Internet, Media Regulation, Social Media
Regulate social media? It’s a bit more complicated than that – Sara Solmone
3 10 2018
Free speech is a key aspect of the internet, but it has become increasingly obvious that many online will push that freedom to extremes, leaving website comment sections, Twitter feeds and Facebook groups awash with racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise unpalatable opinions and vitriolic views, and obscene or shocking images or videos. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Internet, Media Regulation, Social Media
