A Government white paper from DCMS and the Home Office on internet safety is anticipated in the coming weeks, and is expected to propose a plan for regulation of online platforms. Read the rest of this entry »
Why talking about ‘disinformation’ misses the point when considering radical right ‘alternative’ media – Julia Rone
9 01 2019
In light of the upcoming European Parliament elections, the European Commission published its Action Plan against Disinformation last month, aimed at protecting EU’s “democratic systems and public debates”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Julia Rone, LSE Media Policy Project Blog
Categories : Journalism, Media
Will veiled threats from the EU tackle the disinformation problem or can the UK get tough alone? – Damian Tambini
23 03 2018
The EC high level group on ‘fake news’ has done what it was asked to do: it has set out a problem definition and mapped out some policy principles and broad recommendations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damian Tambini, Fake News, LSE Media Policy Project Blog
Categories : EU, Media
2018 will be the year in which liberal democracies begin to confront misinformation – Damian Tambini
9 01 2018
2018 will be the year in which liberal democracies are forced to confront misinformation, predicts Damian Tambini. Emmanuel Macron has already proposed a crackdown on fake news during election campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Media, Social Media
Press regulation: three reasons why a 30 year old campaign must continue – Steven Barnett
19 01 2017
With the government’s consultation on whether to proceed with the section 40 cost-shifting incentives of the Leveson framework now closed, there will be a brief political pause. Neither that consultation nor the intense political manoeuvring that is likely to follow should distract us from the long-standing and urgent need to tackle reform of press regulation in order to protect both the public and public interest journalism. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Where now for media reform in the UK? – Damian Tambini
11 01 2017
The Leveson Catch 22: responsibility for delivering tough regulation of the press and a new framework on media ownership lay with a Parliament and a government that reformers agreed was under the boot of the press and therefore unlikely to deliver them. Leveson himself worried about the ‘megaphone’ with which the press could influence policy debate. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
The Risks of Abandoning Leveson – Martin Moore
6 01 2017
How will Theresa May’s government decide whether to implement Leveson after the current consultation closes? It appears to be inclined to dilute or abandon the court costs incentives and Leveson Part Two – otherwise why launch the consultation in the first place? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Consultation, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Martin Moore
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
How Brexit might affect EU audiovisual media services policy making – Alison Harcourt
25 05 2016
In light of the replies to the public consultation on Directive 2010/13/EU on Audio-Visual Media Services (AVMSD), the Commission’s Regulatory Fitness (REFIT) exercise, the public consultation on the EU Satellite and Cable Directive, national consultations and a possible exit of the UK from the EU, it is time to consider the current issues affecting UK stakeholders in the cross-border audio-visual services sector. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alison Harcourt, AVMSD, Brexit, LSE Media Policy Project Blog
Categories : EU, Media
Data protection through the lens of competition law: will Germany lead the way? – Inge Graef and Brendan Van Alsenoy
24 03 2016
On 2 March 2016, the Bundeskartellamt, the German competition authority announced its decision to initiate proceedings against Facebook on suspicion that the social network provider had abused its dominant position by infringing data protection rules. This case represents the first attempt by a European competition authority to integrate data protection interests into competition analysis, and raises interesting questions about the interface between these two areas of law. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brendan Van Alsenoy, Competition Law, Facebook, Inge Graef, LSE Media Policy Project Blog
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Social Media
A very brief history of interception in Britain – Bernard Keenan
21 02 2016
Britain is in the process of legislating a new system of control over the interception of communication. The Investigatory Powers Bill, currently being debated in draft form, aims to give an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability to the use of government surveillance powers. In this ‘long read’ piece Bernard Keenan provides some historical context on the issue of interception, arguing that the more the law oversees secret activities, the more secretive the law becomes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bernard Keenan, Interception of Communications, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Surveillance
Categories : Government and Policy, Legal
