I was on BBC Radio Jersey a couple weeks ago discussing citizen journalism and, in particular, whether bloggers should be allowed to cover government reviews and inquiries. Here's the audio of the interview as it was aired: Download and Listen… Continue Reading
I’ve uploaded my brief, scene setting presentation from the Press Gazette’s Media Law Conference held today in London: | View | Upload your own
This morning I had the pleasure of interviewing Dominic Sparkes*, Managing Director of Tempero, one of the leading online content and community moderation providers. Other UK based moderation providers include ChatModerators and eModeration Ltd. In the video, Dom provides insight… Continue Reading
On Wednesday (25 June) I’ll be at the Press Gazette Media Law conference in London, delivering what will be my last conference presentation as a BBC person before I leave (on Friday) to join Headshift. I’m going to be speaking… Continue Reading
The Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, Siobhain Butterworth, has written an insightful post explaining why, in some circumstances, posts on Comment is Free don’t allow comments from readers. Online community managers will also find some sound advice here. Butterworth writes, "Last week…… Continue Reading
The UK blogosphere continues to buzz about last week’s incident involving an Uzbek billionaire requesting that an ISP remove content which he felt was defamatory. Lastnight, I spoke about UK libel law and how it relates to content originators and… Continue Reading
A number of UK bloggers, including the Tory London Mayoral Candidate Boris Johnson, had their blogs taken down by their ISP Friday following threats of legal action by Uzbek billionaire and major Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov. The bloggers, who were… Continue Reading
I’m at the 2nd European Corporate Blogging Summit where I kicked things off earlier with some opening remarks. As usual, I’ve uploaded my slides and my notes (Download bfiblogconnotescybersoc.rtf). Andrew Piper from IBM’s WebSphere Solutions team is now enthusiastically speaking… Continue Reading
Siobhain Butterworth, the Guardian’s Readers’ Editor, recently posted about the flow of comments into the Guardian and the legal responsibilities which stem from moderating and publishing this content: "It has never been easier to become an author – the web… Continue Reading
A Canadian court case [R. v. LeBlanc, 2006 NBPC 37 (CanLII)] appears to have created two important legal precedents: that blogging can be an occupation and that bloggers are reporters (and have the same responsibility to follow the law as… Continue Reading