𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Thrilled to unveil Jemimah Steinfeld as the incoming CEO of Index on Censorship, commencing late May.

A heartfelt appreciation to Ruth Anderson for her unwavering dedication to dissidents and defending #FreedomOfExpression .

Read more:
indexoncensorship.org/new-ceo-steinf…

A useful additional piece of the new regulatory jigsaw in this commendably clear guidance note from the Chief Coroner on respective roles and joint working between coroners and Ofcom when seeking to obtain relevant info under this power. judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

Our #AI times :-)

Lawyer of the Week in Times Law is Bird & Bird's Phil Sherrell - a Suits fan, who admires the suits, hair & one-liners of the show's litigation senior partner Harvey Specter. thetimes.co.uk/article/phil-s…

Our intelligence services should not be able to pass information to foreign governments if there is a risk someone will be tortured as a result.

My amendment yesterday would have prevented that.

Getting mixed up in torture does nothing to keep us safe.

We have published our 2022 Annual Report, which covers the use and oversight of covert investigatory powers by UK public authorities:
ipco.org.uk/news/report-pu…

Just a handful of MPs turn up to debate the Investigatory Powers Amendment Bill. The law will grant Government powers to block tech companies from rolling out security features that would benefit you.

🚨NEW: Call for Evidence launched today by @ofcom to inform duties on categorised services, on which they will consult next year.

📝Deadline for submissions: 20 May 2024

Ofcom has also today published its advice to the Secretary of State on categorisation ⬇️ ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/…

The power of copyright…..

What have the cyberlibertarians ever done for us? (1998)

Judgment Almeida Arroja v. Portugal - Conviction for statements about MEP and his law firm concerning Oporto hospital dispute disproportionate
hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion…
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHR press

Interview on extremism here thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/202…, from 7 minutes in.

Following today's result, I can say it's been an absolute privilege to be part of the @twobirdsip team that has been working on this extraordinary case, alongside counsel Jonathan Hough KC and Jonathan Moss (@IP_barrister). linkedin.com/posts/philsher…

They say that the essence of comedy is recognition; the thing about Damien Slash’s “Select All” ep2 is that I’m sure that I’ve met some of these people
alecmuffett.com/article/109363
#DamienSlash #OnlineSafetyAct #comedy

ORG has responded to Ofcom's #OnlineSafetyAct consultation.

The Act casts a wide net around content that must be removed, so increased amounts of lawful content is likely to be taken down.

Ofcom pays lipservice to the risks to freedom of expression ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/blog/a-dangero…

Unsurprisingly, Moderated Content (Evelyn Douek Alex Stamos w/ Daphne Keller) has one of the most useful takes on the NetChoice content moderation cases (i.e. the laws where state governments tell businesses who they can ban and what speech they can host) law.stanford.edu/podcasts/the-n…

CJEU rules the proprietary harmonised standards on, e.g., the AI Act, must be made freely available without charge pursuant to a request to access to documents, as they form part of EU law and consequently always overriding public interest in disclosure. curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

For the record… here is the discussion of unconstitutional vagueness in NetChoice’s Florida PI motion. 1/

netchoice.org/wp-content/upl…

Compare and contrast with UK #OnlineSafetyAct .