One of the issues lawyers often get asked by their clients is what steps they can take to get unlawful or offensive content removed from the internet without having to bring legal proceedings. The major providers of information society services all provide takedown and complaint forms so that issues can be raised about unlawful material which is published or made available by them. Read the rest of this entry »
Online Publication Claims: an Introduction – Guy Vassall-Adams QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC
20 10 2017
The Internet has brought about a global communications revolution. An individual who wishes to communicate with others no longer needs a printing press or a broadcasting operation. Instead information can be communicated worldwide with a few keystrokes. Words, sounds, pictures or videos can, potentially, be communicated to the nearly 48% of the world’s population – 3.2 billion people – who are now estimated to use the internet (see ITU figures). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Guy Vassall-Adams QC, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers, Online Publication Claims
Categories : Data Protection, Harassment, Internet, Libel, Privacy
