Mediabeak, published by Edgar Forbes, focuses on legal issues related to media and privacy law. The blog covers topics such as libel and defamation cases involving major tabloids, high-profile criminal trials with significant media attention, and developments in privacy law including misuse of private information and data protection. It also discusses public trust in government, business, and media institutions, as well as legal implications of public figures' private lives. The content reflects ongoing legal challenges at the intersection of media practices, individual rights, and public interest.
The 2014 Libel season kicks off in style with three separate actions against three tabloids. As revealed by the Huffington Post today the main tabloids account for the majority of complaints to the Press Complaints Commission – the Daily Mail…
The retrial of Knox and Sollecito for the murder of Metedith Kercher has returned a guilty verdict and seen the sentence increased. Latest from BBC News http://bbc.in/LffAnLThe verdict was received as a shock by some while welcomed by others and means…
The 14th Edelman Trust Barometer was unveiled to the great and good at Davos this week – as well as to the rest of us.The 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that the biggest decline was trust in government and business.…
So we’re several weeks on from the scooterboy revelations about French presidential peccadillos. Hollande seems to have gained some ‘man’ stripes for conforming to (stereo)type, Trierweiler is out of hospital and resting, Gayet is getting legal and over the Atlantic,…
The UK High Court has today issued its judgment in the Vidal-Hall (and others v Google privacy case [2014] EWHC 13 (QB)
The case could have significant impact on Google and other browsers and will be welcomed by privacy campaigners as…
After headlining across the international media at the end of this week and in spite of real news events such as the death of Ariel Sharon, the story of ‘scooterboy’ French President Francois Hollande and the exposee by Closer magazine…
When feminist campaigner, Caroline Criado-Perez campaigned (successfully) to persuade the Bank of England to feature Jane Austen on a bank note (thereby preventing there being a male only line up) little could she have guessed the torrent of abuse and…
Michael Schumacher’s, or ‘Schumi’s’ tragic ski accident has been world news for over a week now but to the extent his family may appreciate people’s well-wishing, it’s time to call time on ‘Schumi-watch’ and give his family and those treating…
In its latest Broadcast Bulletin published today, Ofcom has said that the use of graphic footage of the killing of Lee Rigby, did not, in the circumstances and context in which it was shown, breach the Ofcom Broadcast Code.
Various…
Someone has to have a sense of humour (in this case Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman) if they think it’s a great idea to create and tour a giant rubber duck around the globe. However this has proved to be one…
