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Tom Bennett (City University), Paul Wragg (School of Law, University of Leeds), Colette Allen and guests discuss topical issues from the world of Media Law.... more
FAQs about The Media Law Podcast:How many episodes does The Media Law Podcast have?The podcast currently has 108 episodes available.
March 11, 2021Newscast! Thou shalt print this on thy front page...Colette, Paul and Tom rake over the High Court's decision to order the Mail on Sunday to print a statement acknowledging the Duchess of Sussex's litigation victory, and some other headlines including the government's plans for a free speech tsar, recent ISP blocking orders, and more litigation around the leaked Labour Party report into anti-Semitism....more29minPlay
March 03, 2021Newscast! Facebook vs. AustraliaColette hosts as Tom, Paul and Dr Katharine Kemp (UNSW) discuss the fallout from Facebook's temporary news blackout in Australia, and what the incident tells us about the power of big social media corporations....more36minPlay
February 26, 2021Episode 20: Employer Surveillance in the HomeTom and Paul are joined by Dr Eleni Frantziou (Durham) to discuss the surveillance of employees in their homes by their employers, as they work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic....more44minPlay
February 16, 2021Newscast! Meghan wins summarily, Riley's libel victory, and who's been cancelled now?Colette, Tom and Paul rake over the latest media law headlines. This episode includes: the Duchess of Sussex's summary judgment victory in her privacy case, and Rachel Riley succeeding in getting the defence struck out in her libel claim. There's also time to get stuck into yet another allegation of 'cancel culture'....more39minPlay
February 05, 2021Episode 19: The Criminalisation of Drill MusicColette Allen chairs a discussion about UK law enforcement authorities' association of "drill" music with gang violence, what motivates this association and what it means for the artists who find themselves prohibited from making and performing their music. With Dr Lambros Fatsis (Brighton), Tom Bennett (City) and Paul Wragg (Leeds)....more57minPlay
January 28, 2021Newscast! MPs on Twitter, Deepfakes, Sea Shanties, Whatsapp desertion...Colette, Tom and Paul rake over the Media Law headlines. On the order paper are MPs blocking constituents on Twitter, the potential liability in defamation for viral memes, and Whatsapp's recent PR disaster with its new terms and conditions....more25minPlay
January 08, 2021Newscast! Trump's Social Media SuspendedAs Twitter and Facebook suspend President Trump's accounts in the wake of the deadly riots at the US Capitol, Colette, Paul and Tom discuss whether this amounts to too little, too late....more28minPlay
December 15, 2020Newscast! 2020 finally ends...Colette, Tom and Paul are back together and it's all kicking off in the final Newscast of 2020! We've got suspensions at Labour and the Tate, OFCOM's proposals to regulate streaming services, the Depp appeal, and an update from the Vardy v Rooney libel case....more44minPlay
December 09, 2020Episode 18: Pre-charge PrivacyTom and Paul are joined by Prof. Nicole Moreham (Victoria University of Wellington) to discuss recent cases on the privacy rights of criminal suspects at the pre-charge stage, and whether, by protecting these rights, the law of privacy is encroaching into space that should be left to the law of defamation....more1h 11minPlay
November 06, 2020Newscast! Johnny Depp Loses Libel ClaimColette and Tom discuss the fallout from Johnny Depp's failed libel claim as the High Court rules Depp is a wife-beater. Tom also talks to Alexandros Antoniou (Essex) about a potential future libel claim between Drag Race UK star Crystal and the actor Laurence Fox....more45minPlay
FAQs about The Media Law Podcast:How many episodes does The Media Law Podcast have?The podcast currently has 108 episodes available.