Showing posts with label freedom of expression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom of expression. Show all posts
Thursday, November 22, 2018

The new Irish ban on social media posts from court

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I have an opinion piece in the Irish Independent on the new practice direction restricting social media posts from the courtroom . Here...
Monday, May 04, 2015

PPS numbers: internet saviours?

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Bank Holiday Mondays are quiet news days, making them a good time to get any old nonsense into the newspaper. Today is no exception as the...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

"Homophobe" brings Ireland's first "right to be forgotten" court case

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A fascinating story in today's Irish Times details what seems to be the first court case in Ireland following the Google Spain ruling...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Mixed internet messages from the Indian Supreme Court

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The Indian Supreme Court today gave a landmark decision on the Information Technology Act 2000. Most media coverage has focused on the fac...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

What would Turkey like to hide from its citizens?

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Internet censorship in Turkey is a prime example of why democracies should not attempt to filter the internet. I've blogged before abou...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Testifying before the Oireachtas Social Media Hearings

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I appeared today along with my colleague Fergal Crehan on behalf of Digital Rights Ireland before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on ...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Irish court allows reporters into family law case (but bars tweeting)

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The High Court gave a landmark judgment on surrogacy earlier today, holding that the biological mother of twins born to a surrogate (her s...
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Friday, January 04, 2013

Legislation is not the answer to abuse on social media

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I had an opinion piece in last week's Sunday Business Post in response to the latest Irish panic about the internet. As it's behind...
Friday, November 09, 2012

Irish newspapers have some curious views about search engines

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The Irish newspaper industry seems to have chosen today for a bout of collective hyperbole about search engines. Here's what the Examin...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

High Court: Bloggers can benefit from journalistic privilege

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There's quite a lot to digest in the recent decision of Hogan J. in Cornec v. Morrice & Ors . Most of the judgment deals with wider...
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Monday, February 06, 2012

I thought I was writing a blog; turns out I'm a threat to humanity

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We need to address the threat to humanity posed by the tsunami of unverifiable data, opinion, libel and vulgar abuse in new media. I know al...
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Sunday, February 05, 2012

"The law should be predictable as to what is mandated and what is forbidden"

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One of the strongest arguments against the proposed copyright statutory instrument is that it is so vague as to make it impossible to predi...

Irish copyright regulations unnecessary

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Senior Counsel John Gordon has a clear explanation as to why Sean Sherlock's proposed copyright regulations are unnecessary in today...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Copyright proposals block innovation and free expression

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I have an opinion piece in today's Irish Times arguing against current government proposals which would allow internet blocking and more...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Ireland's SOPA to permit three strikes; TDs asked to debate something they haven't seen

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It's been a peculiar day in relation to Ireland's SOPA . First of all, junior minister Sean Sherlock said on lunchtime radio tha...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Anonymous attacks on Ireland will hurt, not help the case against blocking

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My heart sank when I saw this tweet a few minutes ago: Ireland has angered the hive, we will be reporting all attacks through this accoun...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Ireland's SOPA: A FAQ

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What's this all about? Long story short: the Irish government plans, before the end of January , to bring in a law which would allow ...
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