Law and Media Round Up – 6 May 2013

jtownend — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:27:58 +0000

On 3 May 2013, journalists, lawyers, academics and campaigners marked World Press Freedom Day. Article 19 launched ‘The Right to Blog’ – a new policy paper “that calls for lawmakers to better promote and protect the rights of bloggers domestically and internationally”.

via Law and Media Round Up – 6 May 2013 | Inforrm’s Blog.

Law and Media Round Up – 29 April 2013

jtownend — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:52:57 +0000

The biggest news of the week is that the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent and is now the Defamation Act 2013, three years after the publication of Lord Lester’s original Defamation Bill. Inforrm reported the news and context here; a commentary by Jo Glanville, director of English PEN, can be found here. Robert Sharp, also of English PEN, has dissected some of the detail here and here. A report in the Belfast Telegraph reports that Index on Censorship is questioning Stormont’s decision to block the Act from becoming law in Northern Ireland.

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Law and Media Round Up – 6 May 2013

Law and Media Round Up – 29 April 2013