Tag Archives: privacy

Media law mop up: Privacy debate; Hari interviews; and BBC regulation

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Fewer big libel and privacy stories to report this week, but Twitterers have been particularly lively on the media ethics front, primarily in relation to Independent columnist Johann Hari’s admission of his interview ‘etiquette’ and the subsequent fallout. Meanwhile, a … Continue reading →

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Rusbridger: ‘The Guardian has never yet been sued under any kind of privacy law’

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

You can read the speech for yourself here (it went online before he’d even delivered it, doing the conscientious live tweeters out of a job), but I thought it worth flagging up a couple of Alan Rusbridger’s comments from last … Continue reading →

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Midweek media law mop up: Privacy rights and children; NMT Medical closure; and phone hacking coverage visualised

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Just in time for the long bank holiday weekend, here’s this week’s media law news and comment round up. There has been lot of chatter around privacy injunctions, especially in regards to children’s rights and more will no doubt follow … Continue reading →

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Privacy injunction hearings: not 'super' but anonymous

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

This week I helped the Inforrm blog put together a list of privacy injunction hearings, to contribute to the debate about super and anonymous injunctions. Versions of the post have appeared on the BBC College of Journalism and the Italian-English … Continue reading →

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Monday media law mop up: Coulson's exit; why celebs sue; and the Palestine Papers

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

The week in media law & ethics… It was a news week that included Alan Johnson’s resignation as shadow chancellor (and PC Rice’s suspension), developments in the Yeates murder case and Tony Blair’s appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry, but Coulson’s … Continue reading →

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