Sexting’, the act of texting sexually explicit messages and photographs, has become increasingly popular and is now the norm amongst teenagers. Most teenagers own a smart phone and even the cheapest have cameras connected to the internet. Continue reading
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A new term has emerged recently in the lexicon of online privacy rights: “revenge porn”. It refers to the dissemination of nude photographs or videos, most frequently by a spurned lover who in an act of spite publicly shares the images, invariably on the internet, with the intention of humiliating or embarrassing the victim. Continue reading
Social media remains an engaging way to be entertained and educated and has many positives. We are increasingly living our lives online and, for some, it is all about forging real life friendships, building business contacts and sharing information (or pictures of their cats). But as with any community – whether online or in real life – there is a dark side. Continue reading
Cyber-bullying is on the increase and remedies for the abused are not keeping pace. Celebrities such as Coleen Nolan, Antony Costa and Duncan James have recently reported threats made to them on Twitter to the police. But the problem is not limited to just the rich and famous. More and more teenagers are being targeted and abused by their peers. Continue reading
The rise of social media in recent years has had a significant impact on people’s private lives. For instance, approximately every seventh citizen worldwide is a member of Facebook, the most well-known social media site. Other prominent social media platforms include Twitter and YouTube. These so-called ‘Web 2.0’ services have one thing in common – users themselves make content available and distribute it via the (almost unlimited) medium of the Internet. Continue reading
The campaign against the spread of online rumours and false information in China continues to escalate. In the wake of a swathe of articles, amongst others in Red Flag Magazine, earlier announcements by the State Internet Information Office and the prosecution of a number of news websites, the Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate have introduced a judicial interpretation (original/our translation) that expands criminal liability to include a number of online activities. Continue reading
Over recent weeks there has been a welcome debate on trolling and online abuse. One of the main questions has been – who bears the responsibility of dealing with this reprehensible practice, with many pointing accusing fingers at Twitter. Continue reading
In Oriental Press Group Ltd & Others v Fevaworks Solutions Ltd & Others [2013] HKCFA 47, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal held that an internet forum provider is not like a notice board owner and not a first or main publisher, but qualifies as a subordinate publisher entitled to rely on the defence of innocent dissemination. Continue reading
It is perhaps unsurprising, that following the horrific pictures of the “Woolwich murderers”, which lead to the death of soldier Lee Rigby, a surge of anti-Muslim resentment raged across the UK. What also followed was a dramatic increase in criminal prosecutions made against individuals posting social media comments in connection with this event. Continue reading
The influence of Twitter on the media continues to rise – Gary Hayes’ Social Media Counter (see below) suggests that there are over 4 million tweets a day. But how much Twitter activity is there in the UK? The position is not entirely clear. On 13 June 2013, the Office of National Statistics reported that the UK has the second highest proportion of social networkers in the EU: 57% of internet users said that they used “social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter“. Continue reading
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