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Missives on media, marketing and more. Edited by Amar Patel

March 23, 2014

Back to school – dos and don'ts for publishers, editors and journalists

by Amar Patel in law, media


Setting the boundaries (C) Harald Groven

Setting the boundaries (C) Harald Groven

It's been a while since my last review of media law. During that time we've seen the Snowden and NSA scandal ratchet up public anxiety about the surveillance state and received confirmation of the High Court's tough stance on defamatory tweets post-McAlpine. Not forgetting the musings of the Leveson report. Neither the industry, nor free speech organisations such as Index on Censorship, nor the political parties could agree: does the report go too far, or not far enough in curbing the intrusive behaviour of the press following the News of the World revelations?

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TAGS: media law, press ethics, Leveson, McAlpine v Bercow, Snowden, Defamation Act, Gill Phillips, PCC, data protection, padriag Reidy, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Axel Springer ECJ, Miriam Elia., Copyright, Ched Evans, Contempt of court, Breach of confidence, Freedom of Information Act, Section 8 Human Rights Act