‘This Library Briefing provides a selection of comment on the draft Online Safety Bill.’
House of Commons Library, 26th January 2022
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an in-depth study into the booming music streaming market, to assess whether the big record labels and services such as Spotify hold “excessive power”, and whether artists and fans are getting a fair deal.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A stalker who harassed women online by creating fake social media accounts to spread lies about them has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This briefing explains the background and main provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2021-22.’
House of Commons Library, 24th January 2022
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘The UK data watchdog has intervened in the debate over end-to-end encryption, warning that delaying its introduction puts “everyone at risk” including children.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A foreman of a jury who carried out internet research that led to the conviction of a defendant has been given a suspended prison sentence. Timothy Chapman, 62, caused other members of the split jury at Huntingdon Crown Court to change their mind after using a search engine to ask the question: “How hard is it to break bones?”’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Up to 44 million UK Facebook users could share £2.3bn in damages, according to a competition expert intending to sue parent company Meta.’
BBC news, 14th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Vile racist language and other online abuse connected to football could see offenders banned from attending matches in England and Wales for up to 10 years.’
Home Office, 12th January 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Tech giants have come under fresh fire after an investigation exposed hundreds of thousands of hate profiles online.’
The Independent, 12th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The UK’s data watchdog is seeking clarification from Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta about parental controls on its popular virtual reality headset, as campaigners warned that it could breach an online children’s safety code.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dame Victoria Sharp DBE, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, has given a speech to the National Criminal Justice Conference.’
Courts and tribunals Judiciary, 5th January 2022
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘An online blackmailer who forced children to engage in sexual activity and sold that material on has been sentenced to 32 years today (10 December 2021) at Birmingham Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th December 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The UK data watchdog must introduce age verification for commercial pornography sites or face a high court challenge over any failure to act, children’s safety groups have warned.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A report from a joint committee of MPs and Lords recommending what should be included in the Online Safety Bill is due in the next few days.’
BBC News, 6th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered by the UK competition watchdog to sell the gif creation website Giphy, the first time the regulator has moved to block a deal struck by one of the Silicon Valley giants.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly 50,000 court judgments have been set up to be posted online in the first phase of the government’s plan to create a cutting-edge free repository of legal information, the Gazette can reveal. The service, hosted by the National Archives, will go live next April when the Ministry of Justice’s contract with the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) expires.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th November 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has accepted an apology and substantial damages from a councillor who published a fake picture of him appearing to endorse the Liverpool terrorist attack.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An online troll who abused a woman because she had defended celebrity Danniella Westbrook has been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is taking legal action over a tweet that appeared to be mocking the Liverpool terrorist attack.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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