South Korea has been widely praised for its management of the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19. The focus has largely been on South Korea’s enormous virus testing programme. Read the rest of this entry »
Coronavirus: South Korea’s success in controlling disease is due to its acceptance of surveillance – Jung Won Sonn
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Tags: Coronavirus, Jung Won Sonn, South Korea, The Conversation
Categories : Privacy, Surveillance
Case Law, Strasbourg: Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (MKKP) v. Hungary: Technology meets freedom of expression and the rule of law in an electoral context – Petra Gyöngyi
25 03 2020
On 20 January 2020, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rendered a final decision in the case of Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (MKKP) v Hungary. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Petra Gyöngyi, Strasbourg Observers
Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Human Rights
Covid-19, the UK’s Coronavirus Bill and emergency ‘remote’ court hearings: what does it mean for open justice? – Judith Townend
24 03 2020
There will be an increasing use of ‘remote hearings’ in the courts in England and Wales in coming weeks and months, under existing law, and if extended provisions in the emergency Coronavirus Bill are passed. But there are important practical questions to consider if we wish to safeguard open justice. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Open Justice
Monthly International Round Up – Suneet Sharma
24 03 2020
This is the fourth instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Australia, Canada, Caselaw, Legal, Libel
COVID-19 and the Civil Courts: the latest position
23 03 2020
There have been a number of publications containing “Guidance” for users of the Civil Courts in England and Wales issued over the last few days. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Coronavirus, Courts
Categories : Legal
Law and Media Round Up – 23 March 2020
23 03 2020
The news continues to be dominated by Coronavirus, with the Courts starting to become affected. On 17 March 2020 the Lord Chief Justice announced that no jury trials longer than three days must he be held in England and Wales. The Law Society Gazette had a piece. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media
When a virus goes viral: pros and cons to the coronavirus spread on social media – Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Timothy Graham, Tobias R. Keller
22 03 2020
News and views about coronavirus has spread via social media in a way that no health emergency has done before. Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Tik Tok and Instagram have played critical roles in sharing news and information, but also in disseminating rumours and misinformation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Axel Bruns, Coronavirus, Daniel Angus, The Conversation, Timothy Graham, Tobias R. Keller
Categories : Social Media
South Africa: Fake news about Covid-19 now a criminal offence – Dario Milo and Johan Thiel
22 03 2020
As Covid-19 infections spread rapidly around the globe and governments everywhere scramble to limit infections, fake news about the disease on social networks has become a major problem. There have even been some arrests – in India, Hungary and Kenya – of people who have spread fake news about Covid-19, using existing local laws. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Dario Milo, Johan Thiel
Categories : Social Media, South Africa
The battle against disinformation is global – Scott Shackelford
21 03 2020
Disinformation-spewing online bots and trolls from halfway around the world are continuing to shape local and national debates by spreading lies online on a massive scale. In 2019, Russia used Facebook to intervene in the internal politics of eight African nations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Disinformation, Scott Shackelford, The Conversation
Categories : Journalism, Media, Social Media
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter
20 03 2020
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Freedom of expression, Freedom of Information, Human Rights
