‘A drill rap group in London has been issued with a court order that bans them from making music without police permission.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 3,000 offences of grooming children online for sex have been committed by paedophiles in only the first year since a new law on sexual communication was introduced last April, police have revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who wrote antisemitic songs mocking the Holocaust and calling gas chambers a “proven hoax” has been spared jail.’
The Independent, 14th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Internet service providers (ISPs) will not generally be responsible for picking up the costs of implementing court orders to block customers’ access to websites that infringe intellectual property (IP) rights, according to the UK’s highest court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Speech by The Right Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon: The Age of Reform.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 8th June 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The UK culture secretary, Matt Hancock, does not allow his own children to have mobile phones and thinks none should have access to devices overnight, but would not follow the French government’s lead in legislating on the issue.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Media reports that celebrity baker Paul Hollywood and his estranged wife have used social media to indulge in some online taunting will comes as no surprise to many family lawyers.’
Family Law, 1st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Broadband providers in the UK are now subject to stricter rules over the claims they can make about the speed of their services.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Tommy Robinson has been jailed for being in “contempt of court”. What does that mean? And who else has been found “in contempt”?’
BBC News, 30th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A blogger has been found guilty of broadcasting anti-Semitic songs on Youtube.’
BBC News, 25th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Katie Hopkins has won a complaint against the Mirror after a report on the newspaper’s website left the impression that she was prevented from leaving South Africa for taking drugs rather than because she had been detained for allegedly spreading racial hatred.’
The Guardian, 24th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP this morning set out the UK’s position on applying international law to cyberspace. This is the first time a Government Minister has set out the UK view on record.’
Attorney General’s Office, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘A man described as a “poster boy” for a banned far-right terror group has been jailed after using social media to post racist and anti-Semitic material.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Google’s auto-complete and related search functions are revealing the identity of rape victims who have been granted anonymity.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Google is being sued in the high court for as much as £3.2bn for the alleged “clandestine tracking and collation” of personal information from 4.4 million iPhone users in the UK.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dominic Ruck-Keene and Rosalind English discuss the latest case involving the internet search engine Google, and an individual’s right to be forgotten.’
Law Pod UK, 16th May 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘The culture secretary has agreed he does not have enough power to police social media firms after admitting only four of 14 invited to talks showed up.’
BBC News, 20th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Unlockd, an app developer, sought an interim injunction to prevent Google withdrawing its services. Roth J found that the balance of convenience was in the applicants’ favour. Their claim raised a serious issue to be tried and any action by Google to withdraw their platform would severely damage the applicants’ business. An interim injunction was granted.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th May 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘New cybersecurity laws impacting organisations across central sectors of the economy have taken effect around Europe.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
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