‘Prosecutors will be ordered to treat online hate crime as seriously as offences carried out face to face in plans announced by the director of public prosecutions.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Travellers booking package holidays online are to receive greater protection if a holiday company goes bust, under government proposals to strengthen rules.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new law proposed to protect the privacy of British internet users could end up criminalising the only people working to uncover abuses of personal data, a leading privacy researcher has warned.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former head of MI5 has spoken out against curtailing use of encryption in messaging apps despite warning that Islamist terrorism will remain a threat for up to another 30 years.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A primary school teacher who watched a live stream of a six-year-old boy being raped has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of sharing terrorist propaganda via WhatsApp and YouTube.’
BBC News, 31st July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Plans to require BT to allow competing telecoms companies access to spare telecoms capacity, so that they can deliver rival broadband services to business customers, have been “quashed” by the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An investigation into the abuse of MPs and parliamentary candidates is considering whether new laws are needed to protect public servants because of the rise of social media.’
The Independent, 24th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A spurned pilot maliciously signed his former partner up to sadomasochistic dating sites, stalked her and hacked into her bridge club.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘UK laws designed to support the deployment of new digital infrastructure have now come into force.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Urgent action is needed to reduce both the scale and the administrative impact of duplicate registration applications ahead of future polls, the Electoral Commission has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 14 June 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its long-awaited judgment in Stichting Brein v Ziggo BV (C-610/15), concerning the activities of controversial file-sharing platform The Pirate Bay (TPB).’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th July 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The free movement of non-personal data is to be enshrined in EU law, the commissioner for the digital single market Andrus Ansip has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘England’s most senior family court judge has told how he kept up to speed with a case via the internet while travelling home for a Bank Holiday weekend on a train.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘MPs are to be urged to outlaw the practice of ‘catfishing’, which refers to online predators using fake dating profiles to trick victims into sexual relationships.’
The Independent, 17th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Online shoppers buying knives could be forced to collect them in person in England and Wales, if plans to stop children purchasing blades go ahead.’
BBC News, 19th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A viscount who offered money to people who killed a Brexit campaigner has been jailed.’
The Independent, 13th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A paedophile who encouraged the abuse of a young boy in America from his computer in Wales has been jailed today (July 12).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th July 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Theresa May has ordered an investigation into intimidation experienced by candidates during the last election after a barrage of complaints by MPs about death threats and harassment.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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