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Beyond Leveson: Legal protection for online and ‘citizen’ media

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

I’ve previously written about Leveson’s online elephant (as had Index on Censorship’s Marta Cooper before me). As the debate intensifies over the shape of ‘press’ regulation (the key question is whether or not a new regulator should be underpinned by … Continue reading →

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Balancing rights: Joshua Rozenberg interviews Mr Justice Eady

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

The new issue of the Index on Censorship magazine proclaims ‘Privacy Is Dead! Long Live Privacy.’ It features Joshua Rozenberg’s interview with Mr Justice Eady. Parts of it echo Eady’s previous speeches (for example, when he opened City University London’s … Continue reading →

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A year on from the ‘Free Speech is Not for Sale’ report

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

A year has passed since Index on Censorship and English PEN published its Free Speech is Not for Sale report. Journalist and author Simon Singh, who successfully fought a libel action brought against him by the BCA (they dropped the … Continue reading →

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Bloggers in the Dock: follow from 6pm

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

Wifi / 3G permitting, I’ll be live-blogging and tweeting from tonight’s ‘Bloggers in the Dock’ event, hosted by the Online News Association UK and the Index on Censorship at the Free Word Centre. You can find details of the event … Continue reading →

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