Attorney general Dominic Grieve hopes to prevent legal novices publishing remarks that might cause trials to be abandonedThe attorney general is to begin issuing legal warnings to steer Twitter users away from prejudicial comments that might force trials to be abandoned.Advisory notices – already issued confidentially to print and broadcast media about controversial or emotive trials – will now be flagged up via the attorney general's website and Twitter feed (@AGO_UK).Attorney general Dominic Grieve's decision to share warnings is recognition that social media conversations are increasingly opinion-forming. He hopes to prevent people without legal training inadvertently publishing remarks that could technically be contempt of court, requiring a judge to discharge a jury in order to ensure adverse publicity did not undermine a fair trial."Blogs and social media sites like Twitter and Facebook mean individuals can now reach thousands of people with a single tweet or post," he said.This is "exciting" but can pose certain challenges to the criminal justice system. He added: "In days gone by, it was only the mainstream media that had the opportunity to bring information relating to a court case to such a large group of people that it could put a court case at risk."That is no longer the case and is why I have decided to publish the advisories that I have previously only issued to the media."This is not about telling people what they can or cannot talk about on social media;... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Jon Gertner introduces those who mapped the island and those now digging into its secrets. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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John Paul Stevens’ memoir “The Making of a Justice” and the biography “Oliver Wendell Holmes” are must-reads for legal buffs. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-17 19:13:55 UTC ]
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John Paul Stevens’ memoir “The Making of a Justice” and the biography “Oliver Wendell Holmes” are must-reads for legal buffs. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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John Paul Stevens’ memoir “The Making of a Justice” and the biography “Oliver Wendell Holmes” are must-reads for legal buffs. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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The prolonged uncertainty over the shape and timeline of Brexit has led to delayed investment decisions from publishers which will affect industry growth further down the line, Publishers Association president Peter Phillips has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-07 12:51:47 UTC ]
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It's a little while since Microsoft announced that is dropping the Books category from the Microsoft Store, but a serious deadline is now looming. If you have bought books or downloaded free books from the Store, you only have a few more days to read them -- so if there are any you haven't... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2019-06-28 15:41:08 UTC ]
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The owner of New York's Book Culture bookshops says the business's four stores are in danger of closing unless they receive help from the city. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 02:20:48 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc. is under pressure to rid its site of hate speech and fake news but warned it can’t build a platform impervious to human nature. “This is not a fully solvable problem,” Carolyn Everson, a vice president responsible for marketing at the social media giant, said on a panel Tuesday at... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 20:37:03 UTC ]
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Problems obtaining visas to enter the UK could put off authors from attending the Edinburgh International Book Festival, its director has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-09 05:37:20 UTC ]
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Facebook is urging a judge in Washington, D.C. to halt proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the attorney general Karl Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-07 15:14:55 UTC ]
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will hear a landmark privacy case regarding the transfer of EU citizens’ data to Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Canadian MPs are warning that Facebook's top officials could be found in contempt of Parliament if they continue to ignore a subpoena to testify in Ottawa this week, as representatives for the company confirmed Monday that founder Mark Zuckerberg... Continue reading at CBC
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A London, Ont., homicide case could help determine how far into your Facebook inbox the arm of the law could reach for investigative purposes. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-05-27 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's new preferred and premium tiers offer agencies additional benefits such as one-to-one technical support, creative consultation and training. The post Pitch deck: How Facebook is courting new agency partners appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-05-16 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Google is giving advertisers a ton of extra digital real estate, adding new promotional formats to online search, YouTube and its increasingly popular Discover service. Meanwhile, Facebook Inc. is close to rolling out a long-awaited privacy feature, but it issued a warning to advertisers... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-14 18:20:00 UTC ]
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Google is giving advertisers a ton of extra digital real estate, adding new promotional formats to online search, YouTube and its increasingly popular Discover service. Meanwhile, Facebook Inc. is close to rolling out a long-awaited privacy feature, but it issued a warning to advertisers... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
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Facebook, Twitter and Google have been under fire all over the world for not doing enough to police their platforms for misinformation. The Singaporean government thinks it has a solution: a law that imposes jail time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential fines for posting or failing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though the average writer earns £10,000 a year, mean household earnings are more than £81,000 – a result bestselling author Kit de Waal calls problematicWriting is in danger of becoming an elitist profession, with many authors being subsidised by their partners or a second job in order to stay... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the verdicts of two Pulitzer prize-winning journalists for Reuters who were jailed while reporting on the country’s violent suppression of Rohingya Muslims. Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have been imprisoned since December 2017 and are serving... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Among those facing contempt charges are Nine Entertainment Co, the Age, Macquarie Media and several News Corp publicationsThree dozen journalists and publishers are to face court on Monday over their coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s trial for child sex abuse, with prosecutors seeking fines and... Continue reading at The Guardian
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