Monthly Archives: January 2014

Upcoming event, 24 January 2014, Oxford: The challenges of citizen journalism – Technology and the law

Posted on January 21, 2014 by

I’m off to Oxford on Friday for this event hosted by The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy: The challenges of citizen journalism: Technology and the law. According to the details on the website all are welcome to attend. … Continue reading →

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Job opportunity: Legal officer at the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

MLDI is currently advertising for a legal officer. Here’s the information: Based in London, we work worldwide through a network of partner organisations and individual lawyers. We have cases pending before various national courts as well as at international human … Continue reading →

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Monitoring the effect of changes to defamation statute and procedure

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

The Defamation Act 2013 is now in force. In a press release the government claims it “reverses the chilling effect on freedom of expression current libel law has allowed, and the prevention of legitimate debate we have seen in the … Continue reading →

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