The @MediaMoot International Rounds are finally back in person after five years and I'm on my way to my favourite week of the year! If you're around in Oxford or London this coming week and want to catch up, drop me a message!
A belated thank you to @MaynoothLaw for inviting me to a wonderful day discussing scholactivism and collaboration between academics and civil society with insightful colleagues and students!
The #maynoothlaw Postgraduate Research Committee recently hosted a careers event for PhD students.
This event featured a keynote presentation by Dr Paolo Cavaliere (@uniofedinburgh)
Read more here: https://t.co/YgSScVNY7F
I look forward to discussing the value and challenges of the right to access information in the digital age, with this terrific lineup of speakers in April!
Is the right to access #information held by public authorities up to date in the digital age? Is it time to think about #EU harmonisation? It's a pleasure to announce this workshop organised by @Viktoriasophiee and myself. Would you like to join us? Get in touch, we have 5 spots!
Are you based in Edinburgh, have a legal background, an interest in human rights/digital technologies and mooting? I am looking for someone to help coach a team of students based at @UoELawSchool, to participate in the Price Media Law Moot Court.
If interested, please dm me!
We look forward to welcoming @Prof_Phillipson at @UoELawSchool talking about his latest research on hate speech and digital platforms! Monday 30th at 6pm, an event co-hosted with @EdConLawCentre. Follow the link for details and registration: https://t.co/1eLgesLYDu
We look forward to welcoming @Prof_Phillipson on 15 December presenting on 'The Contemporary Remedy for Extreme Speech Online: “Notice and Takedown” In and Out of the Shadows' - an event co-hosted with @EdConLawCentre!
For details and registration --> https://t.co/4ATY0NgFt6
【CALL FOR PAPERS is now open until Ist January 2023!】
We are pleased to announce the 9th edition of the annual Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference. The conference will take place in a hybrid format on 30-31 MAY 2023 with panels online and in-person at the Edinburgh Law School
Though I'm sure everybody had better plans for the weekend, if anyone wants to finish off their Monday reading about disinformation and the different standards to assess it, there you go - Thank you @LawEchr!
This is however a good time for a deeper reflection on the merits of offering stronger protection to the right to receive accurate and reliable information, especially in the run-up to a vote, and whether journalism standards seem sufficient to cater for it.
New paper out!
'The Truth in Fake News: How Disinformation Laws Are Reframing the Concepts of Truth and Accuracy on Digital Platforms', https://t.co/HrDvOVSJjH
As EU authorities continue refining these mechanisms, a prudent way forward would be to maintain a close focus on journalism professional standards, to devise practical obligations which actors from different industries can apply with a satisfactory degree of consistency. >>