Nestled within a corner of the internet, a new website was created in 2017. It was to be similar to a celebrity forum, but with one key difference. Rather than being a space for fans to celebrate those within the public eye, it was a space to attack them. Tattle Life would expressly target those who its posters had decreed had “choose[n] to monetise their personal life as a business and release it into the public domain”. Continue reading
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Last week, Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp – unveiled a new “personal artificial intelligence (AI)”. Powered by the Llama 4 language model, Meta AI is designed to assist, chat and engage in natural conversation. With its polished interface and fluid interactions, Meta AI might seem like just another entrant in the race to build smarter digital assistants. Continue reading
In Adams v Amazon Digital UK Ltd [2024] EWHC 3338 (KB), the defendant (‘Amazon’) obtained reverse summary judgment in a claim for libel and misuse of private information (‘MOPI’). The judgment demonstrates the court’s willingness to resolve cases at an early stage, when appropriate and offers important guidance on the application of the defences of truth and honest opinion in libel claims. Continue reading
Anyone who has fought the tabloid press will tell you that taking them on is not for the faint hearted. Prince Harry would have known that they would fight hard and dirty. He and Meghan Markle have been attacked ever since they set out, and voiced the intention to improve the quality of the British press. They also wanted to reduce the degree to which it abuses all of us, by compelling it to be the subject of effective and independent regulation. Continue reading
After a gap of nearly twenty years, another judge of the County Court of Victoria has recognised the existence of a common law tort for the invasion of privacy in Waller (a pseudonym) v Barrett (a pseudonym) [2024] VCC 962 (‘Waller’). This represents a striking development in the common law of Australia and, notably, arose only weeks before the Second Reading of a Commonwealth Bill that proposes to introduce a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy into Australian legal landscape. Continue reading
Almost four years since the Privacy Act review commenced, the Australian government has introduced a reform bill that fails to make most of the fundamental changes needed to modernise our privacy laws. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in May that the government would introduce legislation to reform a privacy regime that’s “woefully outdated and unfit for the digital age”. Continue reading
In June this year we posted about an upcoming conference celebrating 20 years of the misuse of private information tort. This conference, generously funded by Matrix Chambers and the Society of Legal Scholars will take place on 19 and 20 September 2024, at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial St, London, E1 6LS. Continue reading
This post is written to promote an upcoming conference on Campbell v MGN Ltd on 19 and 20 September 2024 in London, funded by the Society of Legal Scholars and Matrix Chambers. Further details about the conference and how to register interest in participating are at the end of the post below. Continue reading
In recent days, both Ticketek Australia and Ticketmaster have experienced breaches which have exposed customer details to hackers. They join a growing list of high-profile data breaches that have put the privacy of millions at risk. Continue reading
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