The article reports on the publication of a consultation document on reform of online defamation laws in Great Britain by the British Law Commission. Key areas addressed by the consultation document include the potential impact of the lack of a single publication rule on online archive providers ...
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Searches peaked on Sunday, with "BBC presenter" as the number one search term in the UK on Google on Sunday. It has been searched for more than a million times. However, Google search data suggests that searches for the names of individual BBC presenters did not surge when...
Section 9 was introduced by Parliament to avoid 'libel tourism', the practice of foreign individuals or entities with little connection to the UK using its favourable defamation laws to bring claims against publications made in foreign jurisdictions. ...
or sexual orientation. Recognizing the potential role civil defamation laws can play in mitigating the problem of hate speech in media, this article offers a comparative legal analysis of existing defamation laws in Brazil, Germany, and the United States. The purpose of this inquiry is to determin...
As of May 2009, the Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brazil repealed the 1967 Press Law which imposes harsh penalties on journalists for criminal defamation, a great step towards eliminating criminal defamation in Latin America. It is interesting to note to determine if Brazilian defamation laws can be...
In the suit, Binance, "organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands," denied all claims. It said the contents of the story are "false, misleading and highly defamatory." "Binance does not violate, and fully complies with, all applicable laws, rules and regulations in its operations," th...
key Australian laws, legal cases, and strategies for applying reflective practice techniques. It concludes on a confident note – imploring communicators to engage in constructive and mindful strategic communication with the authority and confidence that results from a working knowledge of media law and...
Summary Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is introducing new defamation laws that would force online platforms to reveal the identities of trolls, or else pay the price of defamation Quotes Quote As ABC News Australia explains, the laws would hold
The same issue has recently been highlighted in the media in relation to the low level of taxes which is paid in the UK by some multinational companies (such as Google and Amazon). There is a perception that there is something very secretive about these sorts of companies whose operation app...