Often the rights of the individual are in direct opposition to the rights of the public. This issue was recently explored in the blog about Australian Prison surveillance. The further we delve into the question of what’s right, the more confusing this becomes, as what might be right legally may not be right from a […]
CALL FOR PAPERS ILPC Annual Conference 2022 – Online Safety in a Connected World We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 7th Annual Conference on 17-18 November 2022 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) […]
The ILPC Book Launch Event – Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism (Elgar Law 2021) took place on 11th May. The ILPC was delighted to host this online event and congratulates former ILPC Research Associate Dr Peter Coe (University of Reading) on its publications. This timely and highly topical event was organized as […]
Some of the largest false advertising jury verdicts were recorded in 2022. This, coupled with increased inflationary pressures will likely lead to an uptick in false advertising suits given that such pressures will impact consumer spending habits, leading to increased scrutiny of competitor advertising practices—particularly in the social media space. This post is one in […]
UPDATES: The Rochester City School District is closed today, as are several districts south of Monroe County. ….. School officials will be monitoring the weather closely as a mass of bitter cold air slides into the Rochester area this week. Wind chill values on Friday are forecast to be in the negative teens, not far […]
RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age. RightsCon offers a platform for thousands of participants around the world to converge, connect, and contribute to a shared agenda for the future. It enables business leaders, activists, technologists, policymakers, journalists, philanthropists, researchers, and artists from around the world to interact and […]
In this post, Erin Crawley, a trainee solicitor in the Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes team at CMS, comments on the case of McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) v Glasgow City Council [2023] UKSC 1. On 11 January 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal in McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) v […]
Author: Dr. Rys Farthing Seven years ago, Australia passed its first online safety bill, the Enhancing Online Safety Actupdating and expanding it in 2021 with the Online Safety Act. While both Acts had problems and pitfalls, these were ‘global firsts’ at attempts to legislate to address the problem. As the UK’s Online Safety Bills slowly […]