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Journalism
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Simple Justice
Trump Hates The First Amendment And Fourth Estate
That the president and his administration maintain a tenuous relationship with the media is not a bad thing. The press isn’t supposed to be his propaganda outlet, and the media…
Media Law Journal
The Harmful Harmful Digital Communications Act?
By Steven
I’m a fan of the Harmful Digital Communications Act. We need a quick and accessible remedy when a video of a child being bullied is posted on social media, for…
Michael Geist Blog
The What, Me Worry? Consultation: Media Quietly Tells Government It Wants Even More Funding With Little Concern for Independence Risks
The government’s ever-increasing financial support for the news media was the subject of a non-public consultation earlier this year, with Canadian Heritage asking funding recipients what they think of the…
Verfassungsblog
Aus der Zeit gegriffen
SPIEGEL, Cicero und jetzt DIE ZEIT. Wieder einmal setzt ein Gericht die Pressefreiheit mit Durchsuchungsbeschlüssen unter Druck. Anders als bei der SPIEGEL-Affäre in den 1960er Jahren und der Durchsuchung beim…
India Legal
Supreme Court quashes UP police notice seeking journalist Abhishek Upadhyay’s digital data from X, orders release of seized vehicle
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a notice issued by the Ghaziabad Police to social media platform X seeking extensive personal and digital information linked to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay’s…
India Legal
Delhi Union of Journalists moves Supreme Court over alleged police assault, detention of reporters during CEC protests
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection for journalists covering public protests, alleging that several reporters were detained, assaulted and prevented from performing their…
Simple Justice
With Videos, The New York Times Cheapens Itself
One of the first things I read in the morning is the op-eds in the New York Times. Most are interesting and informative, whether or not I agree with them.…
Michael Geist
The Wrong Target: Why the CBC Should Be Asking About the Yom Kippur Protesters, Not the Journalist Who Reported on Them
Last week, CBC journalist Neil Herland was reportedly pulled from the air and brought before a disciplinary hearing after posting a tweet thread about being taunted on his way to…
Althouse
"I knew the risks were rising. The American basketball star Brittney Griner had been detained days before the invasion…"
By Ann Althouse
"... the latest example of the Kremlin stockpiling foreign prisoners to secure diplomatic leverage. But the censorship laws hadn’t yet been applied to foreign journalists, and I felt a responsibility…
UK Constitutional Law Association | The Blog
David Erdos: Vince v Associated Newspapers: Have UK Data Protection’s Journalism Provisions Come of Age?
By UKCLA
In Vince v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWCA Civ 899, the Court of Appeal held that an unfair processing compensation claim under data protection law provided redress against the seriously misleading…