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Upcoming event, 26 October 2013: The internet and the law conference

Posted on October 24, 2013 by jtownend

A few more details about Saturday’s event organised by the National Union of Journalists and the Media Reform Coalition (I’m chairing the libel panel).  Just days before the Privy Council is due to sign off the Royal Charter on press … Continue reading →

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Upcoming event: 26 October 2013 – NUJ and MRC Conference – ‘The Internet and the Law’

Posted on October 14, 2013 by jtownend

[Booking / full details at Eventbrite] When: Saturday 26 October 2013, 10:00 – 19:00 Where: New Academic Building, Goldsmiths University of London, London SE14 6NW Details:  Leveson, royal charter(s), libel reform – UK law is changing and its impact on the internet is … Continue reading →

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The ‘public’ in the Public Inquiry

Posted on April 25, 2013 by jtownend

This post originally appeared in Three-D Issue 20 – the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (Meccsa) newsletter.  The public was supposed to be at the heart of the Leveson Inquiry. When it was announced, David Cameron described how the … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up – 15 April 2013

Posted on April 16, 2013 by jtownend

The Defamation Bill is now coming to the end of its passage through Parliament. On 16 April 2013 it will be back before the Commons on “ping pong”, the stage at which the Commons considers new amendments made by the … Continue reading →

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Consultation for bloggers: ‘small-scale’ publishers and media regulation

Posted on April 5, 2013 by jtownend

The Leveson Inquiry’s focus was on the “press”, but a new system of media regulation implemented through a Royal Charter and the Crime and Courts Bill could have a much wider remit, depending on how a “small-scale” publisher is defined. … Continue reading →

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