Since writing this, there have already been new developments in the unfolding crisis at the BBC following its Newsnight programme on child abuse. But this is the media law week that was, rounded up here:
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- RT @WhatDoTheyKnow: WhatDoTheyKnow passes a notable milestone: ow.ly/o35Xf 17 hours ago
- RT @terrorwatchdog: BBC4 News 1900 for anyone not already sick of my voice - then a break till Newsnight #Schedule7 #Miranda 18 hours ago
- "We don’t yet have a word for algorithmically reconstituted defamation ..." @ndiakopoulos on libel & autocomplete bit.ly/16ogwiJ 4 days ago
- the data protection paradox. Via/by @bainesy1969: Data Protection Act: little-known, well-known bit.ly/1d9vt9C 5 days ago
- Useful dvlpts for legal research: RSS search feeds @BAILII; improvements to decisions search @MoJGovUK; judgment summaries @judiciaryUK 5 days ago
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- RT @JerseyLVI2013: Just 6 weeks to go before the Law Via the Internet Conference starts in Jersey. Who's coming? jerseylvi2013.org/6-weeks-to-go-… #lv… 4 days ago
- BBC News>> Rutland Council chief executive may sue councillors: bbc.in/1bzQDvI #medialaw 4 days ago
- Tow Center>> Algorithmic Defamation: The Case of the Shameless Autocomplete: "In Germany, a man rece... bit.ly/15IJSlr #medialaw 4 days ago
- Ashley Hurst>> The Section 5 Defamation Act Regulations: A complex red herring - Olswang LLP: bit.ly/15HYIc9 #medialaw 5 days ago
- RT @BitOfALegalGeek: It seems the draft s.5 Regs under the #Defamation Act 2013 are out (see prev. RT) but not at all easy to find. 5 days ago
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Blogroll
- 5RB – media & entertainment law
- BBC College of Journalism – Law
- BBC Freedom of Information
- Blackstone's Statutes Media Law 3e – resources
- British Journal of Photography – campaigns
- Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism
- Channel 4 Producer's Handbook – Media Law
- City Legal Research
- CRITique commercial law blog
- David Banks
- David Price Guide to Media Law
- Delia Venables’ legal resources
- Digital Media Law (US)
- Digital Media Law Project
- Don’t Get Fooled Again
- Drawnalism
- EPUK resources
- George Brock
- Guardian Freedom of Information
- Guardian Legal Network
- Guardian.co.uk – media law
- Heather Brooke’s blog
- HMCS glossary of legal terms
- I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist
- Index on Censorship
- Informationa Rights and Wrongs
- Inforrm blog
- IP Media Law
- Jack of Kent
- Jonathan Hewett
- Journal Local
- Journalism.co.uk – media law
- Law Bore
- Learn WordPress.com
- Learnmore
- LSE Media Law Policy Project
- Matt Buck
- McNae’s student resources
- Media Standards Trust
- MediaPaL@LSE
- Ministry of Justice
- mySociety
- Ofcom Watch
- One Brick Court – news
- out-law.com
- panGloss
- PCC – links to regulators
- Photo Legal
- Press Gazette – media law
- Recent decisions in England&Wales Court of Appeal (civil)
- Recent decisions in England&Wales High Court (Queen’s Bench)
- Reframing Libel Symposium
- Robert Sharp
- ScraperWiki
- TabloidWatch
- Talk About Local
- The Private Lives of Others
- The Small Places
- UK Human Rights Blog
- Wannabe Hacks
- WhatDoTheyKnow