In the past, so the story goes, we had privacy and dignity – but we kissed it goodbye with a few keystrokes on social media. Life is a bit more complicated than that. The death of privacy and the erosion of the personal sphere is an internet meme. Continue reading
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If the Pilling Review [pdf] was the industry’s attempt to give IPSO some legitimacy then it has backfired.
The review was set up by IPSO, paid for by IPSO, and had terms of reference agreed with IPSO, in order to assess the independence and effectiveness of IPSO. In that sense its purpose was compromised before it had even begun. Continue reading
The report of the “External Review” [pdf] of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“IPSO”) by retired civil servant Sir Joseph Pilling, has been published. Continue reading
Melania Trump, the wife of the controversial US Presidential candidate has issued libel proceedings in London against the Daily Mail over an article it published on 20 August 2016. Continue reading
On 6 September 2016 four family lawyers complained to the Daily Mail about their article published on 31 August 2016. We asserted that it seriously misrepresented the views of the President of the Family Division by reporting he considered money spent on lawyers in care proceedings was being ‘squandered’. Continue reading
The most widely reported media law story of the week was the conviction of the so-called “Fake Sheikh”, Mazher Mahmood, for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Continue reading
The first term of the legal year, Michaelmas, began on 3 October and ends on 21 December 2016. In this post we preview the media law trials and appeals due to be heard this term and draw attention to some important pending cases in Strasbourg. Continue reading
The past two months have produced a rich crop of articles on media and legal issues which may be of interest to readers of Inforrm. We list these under five headings: Free Speech and Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection, Interception and Surveillance, Cyberbullying and European Convention on Human Rights. Continue reading
The Central London County Court has awarded data protection and misuse of private information damages totalling £9,000 to former police officer Andrea Brown. In a judgment [pdf] handed down on 7 October 2016, HHJ Luba QC order the Metropolitan Police to pay £6,000 and the Greater Manchester Police to pay £3,000. Continue reading
An Italian investigative journalist has recently claimed to have ‘unmasked’ the pseudonymous Elena Ferrante, the bestselling Italian author of the ‘Neapolitan quartet’ of novels. Ferrante has consistently guarded her real identity and has been writing under the pseudonym since 1992. This raises interesting questions in connection with privacy rights and whether it could be considered a breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights to reveal the name of an individual who otherwise wished to be anonymous. Continue reading
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