Social Media Prosecutions: Guidelines Not Enough
The DPP’s recent call for input on the setting of guidelines for social media prosecutions overlooks a need for better drafted laws…
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Publishing & social media
EDPS Comments on Online Illegal Content Procedure Proposals
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his formal comments on DG MARKT’s public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries…
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DPP’s Guidance on Social Media Prosecutions
Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has issued a statement on social media prosecutions and announced his intention to suggest guidelines for prosecutors….
Legal Issues for App Developers
Kathryn Rogers considers the main legal concerns for the ever-growing army of app developers…
Unfair Dismissal and Social Media: When is Dismissal Justified?
The rise of social media in our social conscience seems to continue unabated, and now not a day goes by without social media hitting the headlines in one way or another. Nick Branch looks at social media and employment issues….
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Apple v Samsung: San Jose or San Ferian
I am not sure that I am qualified to offer a view on Apple v Samsung but, inspired by the flood of uninformed recent comments on Assange, rape and extradition, I will anyway. How much does this verdict matter?…
Book Reviews: Binding Corporate Rules and The No-nonsense Guide to Legal Issues in Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
Laurence Eastham looks at two books with contrasting aims….
Online Supplement to August / September Issue
These are pdfs of two of the articles that we could not quite fit into the magazine this time around through lack of space. These articles may be included in a later issue….
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Editorial
Survey and More The recent SCL survey of members has thrown up some interesting views, and looking at the responses has been rewarding. There is still time to contribute your views – you can click through to the survey from the SCL web site home page. The more responses we get the more soundly based…
The Twitter Joke Judgment: The Law with Unintended Consequences?
Chris Watson and Bailey Ingram highlight a largely ignored impact of the Divisional Court’s much publicised judgment in Chambers v DPP, namely the ruling on the term ‘public electronic communications network’….
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