‘The attorney general’s office is considering whether a website supporting convicted rapist Ched Evans breached contempt of court laws.’
BBC News, 6th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Does use by an employee of a personal Twitter account in a way that is “intimidating, racist and anti disability” and “offensive to other groups of people including dentists, caravan drivers, golfers, the A&E department, Newcastle supporters, the police and disabled people” justify a decision to fire?’
Technology Law Update, 18th December 2014
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Judge Andrew Woolman says laws mean he has to give sex offender Jason Leonard a “completely academic” sentence after he breached his licence conditions.’
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Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘CPR r.3.9 rears its growling head again…but a more robust approach, nevertheless, should not be taken as encouragement to refuse reasonable extensions of time or to seek tactical advantage in every minor default.’
Zenith PI Blog, 17th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The head of the Metropolitan Police has warned that large cuts to police budgets and other services will put public safety at risk.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An “extremist” mother-of-six who took pictures of her toddler son holding a toy gun and daydreamed about sending his eight-year-old brother to fight jihad when he grows up has been jailed for five years and three months for promoting terrorism on social media.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘David Cameron will place Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency and the National Crime Agency (NCA) at the centre of a fight to eliminate “digital hiding places for child abusers”.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A battle by Google to establish that it is above British law resumed today in a landmark trial that will decide whether or not it can be held accountable by its users in this country.’
The Independent, 8th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The now famous revelations by US whistleblower Edward Snowden focused on US government programmes under which vast amounts of data about individuals’ internet usage and communications were said to have been gathered. The allegations extended beyond the US: the UK government and security agencies, for example, were also said to be involved in such activity.’
Panopticon, 5th December 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘Britain’s legal regime governing mass surveillance of the internet by intelligence agencies does not violate human rights, a tribunal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two British men who travelled to Syria to join an al-Qaida-linked terrorist group have been jailed for nearly 13 years.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s advertising watchdog has told companies that they must be “up front and clear” with audiences when products are promoted online, such as in video blogs (vlogs).’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘IBC Legal Conferences’ 8th Annual Social Media Law Conference – Attorney General’s sppech.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th November 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘A former Morgan Stanley banker has reached an agreement with Google that will see pages of online abuse removed from the search results for his name.’
The Independent, 24th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Internet service providers will be required to retain information detailing the IP addresses of internet users under proposed new UK anti-terrorism laws.’
OUT-LAW.com,
Source: www.out-law.com
‘New powers for the home secretary to order universities to ban extremist speakers from their campuses are to be included in a new counter-terrorism bill.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A law forcing firms to hand details to police identifying who was using a computer or mobile phone at a given time is to be outlined by Theresa May.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Met has recently indicated that officers will be fitted with body cameras. Other wearable technology such as wi-fi enabled clothing that allows real-time tracking, vital sign monitoring and constant communications is being trialled in the US.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The case of a UK businessman who wants Google to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in its search results is set to begin.’
BBC News, 24th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to make a costs-capping order in a case against Google because the case was so close to trial and so much had already been spent at a level which made detailed assessment inevitable.’
Litigation Futures, 18th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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