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Tag Archives: Regulation
May 1 2012
Murdoch and the Media Committee: a political battle
Leave a commentThe Media Select Committee report on its phone-hacking investigation is tougher than I expected and very pointed. It is difficult to see why anyone would think well of the Murdochs as media proprietors after reading it. Tom Watson’s typically determined bid to … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2012
Tagged with: Murdoch, nes international, news corpo, Regulation, Tom Watson
Mar 5 2012
Wikileaks: Lessons for Media Policy and Regulation
Leave a commentWikiLeaks has achieved the publication of the biggest leak of confidential information in journalism history. The Afghan, Iraq, and Diplomatic cable disclosures were on an unprecedented scale and extent. While the information they contained was not of the highest security … Continue reading
Posted by: March 5, 2012
Tagged with: policy, Regulation, wikileaks
Jan 31 2012
Facebook, the EU and Privacy – who do we trust? (guest blog)
1 CommentPolis Intern Sorcha Pollak reports on the latest developments in privacy regulation in Europe and asks can we trust the authorities, or ourselves? We complain incessantly about how Facebook has stolen away our privacy, how we no longer have the … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2012
Tagged with: EU, EUropean Union, Facebook, Ireland, Privacy, Regulation, Social Networking, Zuckerberg
Jul 17 2011
Phonehacking and Press Reforms: Beware Dangerous Dogs
1 CommentBack in 1991 a Conservative government rushed out legislation in response to a sudden spate of Pit Bull attacks on people. 20 years on and there are more dodgy canines than ever and regular incidents of children mauled by these … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2011
Tagged with: Murdoch, News International, Phone-hacking, Press Complaints Commission, Regulation
Jul 8 2011
A massive moment for media and politics in Britain
Leave a commentThe ‘feral beasts’ of the Westminster press corps are quite rightly chasing the political fall-out of the News of the World closure and the continuing phone-hacking scandal. Coulson, Cameron, Brooks, Murdoch - who did what, when and who knew? But the bigger … Continue reading
Posted by: July 8, 2011
Tagged with: Media Policy, Murdoch, News of the World, Regulation
Jul 6 2011
Phone-hacking: the public debate: links to audio and video podcasts
4 CommentsYou can view video of this debate here You can listen to an audio podcast here The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues such as regulation and standards of British newspaper journalism. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 6, 2011
Tagged with: News of the World, Phone-hacking, Polis Events, Regulation, standards, tabloids
Jul 5 2011
After the News of the World admit hacking Milly Dowler’s Phone We Need A Media Commission – Not Self-Regulation
2 CommentsThis article by Damian Tambini appeared first on the LSE Media Policy Blog
Posted by: July 5, 2011
Tagged with: Dowler, Guest bloggers, News of the World, Phone-hacking, Regulation, Tambini
May 27 2011
Facebook: why shouldn’t you trust them?
Leave a commentIf Facebook was a country – so the false analogy goes – it would be the world’s third largest with 500+ million ‘inhabitants’. But what’s it like to live there? I know that Facebook isn’t a country, but I wonder … Continue reading
Posted by: May 27, 2011
Tagged with: Facebook, Globalisation, Media economics, media literacy, Polis Events, Privacy, Regulation, social media
May 18 2011
Privacy: Google's #bigtentuk debate [live blog]
1 CommentA big tent meeting is one that attracts diverse views says (my former boss) Peter Barron of Google at the beginning of their big privacy debate held in a huge margquee in the grounds of posh country hotel outside Watford. Not … Continue reading
Posted by: May 18, 2011
Tagged with: Bigtentuk, Digital Communications, Facebook, Freedom of expression, google, Privacy, Regulation, social media
Mar 11 2011
Who Are We Fighting The Information War With?
Leave a commentThis is the first of a couple of blogs stimulated by a visit to POLIS/LSE by members of Hillary Clinton’s 21st Century Statecraft team, the digital diplomats from the State Department. Hillary Clinton’s internet advisor Alec Ross gave a compelling … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2011
Tagged with: Democracy, Digital Communications, Freedom of expression, Globalisation, internet, media law, Media Policy, Polis Events, Regulation, Terror
