The Ministry of Justice is consulting on proposed changes to CPR Part 39 “Miscellaneous Provisions relating to Hearings”. The consultation opened on 12 July 2018 and closes on 23 August 2018. Responses can be by completion of an Online Survey. Read the rest of this entry »
Consultation on Open Justice: Proposed Changes to CPR Part 39
7 08 2018Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: Consultation, CPR 39, Hearings, Ministry of Justice
Categories : Legal, Open Justice
Inforrm is taking a Summer Break
6 08 2018
The 2017-2018 legal year in England and Wales ended last week. The Inforrm blog is now taking a summer break until the end of September. We thank all our readers and contributors who have supported us over the past year. Posting will continue over the summer but will not be as regular as usual. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Summer Break
Categories : Inforrm, Legal, Media
‘Fake news’ and Facebook: symptoms not causes of democratic decline – Des Freedman
5 08 2018
It’s pretty rare for the report of a minor parliamentary committee to generate such a buzz but perhaps less surprising when the topic is ‘fake news’ and the main villain of the piece is one of the world’s most valuable – and controversial – companies, Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Des Freedman, openDemocracyUK
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Internet, Journalism, Media Regulation, Social Media
Why the mainstream media should stop giving extreme views a platform – Chris Allen
4 08 2018
In recent weeks, a number of quite astounding articles have appeared in the British press. These have included among others, a Times column opining the benefit to Britain in the current climate of having a political leader like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; referred to as “strongmen”. In the Daily Telegraph, a similarly toned piece contemplated the reinstatement of the death penalty after Brexit. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Chris Allen, The Conversation
Categories : Government and Policy, Journalism, Media
DCMS “Fake News” Report: time for a new approach? – Damian Tambini
3 08 2018
Unfortunately the Fake News report was leaked by Dominic Cummings in a cynical attempt to personalise, delegitimise, and thus derail an important policy discussion. What Cummings does not relate in his blog is that the report is highly critical of him personally. Cummings is being investigated by the Parliamentary authorities for refusing to appear before the committee and his protests should be seen in this light. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damian Tambini, LSE. Media Policy Project
Categories : Government and Policy, Journalism, Media, Social Media
Why Sir Cliff Richard’s case was rightly decided: Part 2: The public interest balance – Thomas Bennett
2 08 2018
This critique follows on from my previous post, in which I responded to Paul Wragg’s criticism of the manner in which the judge in Richard v BBC dealt with the first stage of the claim – whether Richard had a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in respect of the information broadcast about him. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Paul Wragg, Public Interest, Sir Cliff Richard, Thomas Bennett
Categories : Broadcasting, Freedom of expression, Media, Privacy
The European Parliament’s Hearing on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook #2: Rumble in the (Regulatory) Jungle – Pascal Crowe
1 08 2018
The European Parliament’s second of three scheduled hearings about the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica case got off to an inauspicious start. The draft agenda had promised political heavyweights such as Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner who is leading the Commission’s stance on regulating GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cambridge Analytica, European Parliament, LSE. Media Policy Project, Pascal Crowe
Categories : Data Protection, EU
