” In another Irish Times piece Hugh Linehan has called for reforms to the defamation act to extend defamation legislation to “new digital players,” saying they “must reflect importance of social media and special case of user comments. [read post]

Dr Damian Carney proposes the setting up of a new regulatory body for the press providing strong remedies for complainants, better internal controls on ethics and complaints – and enough independence from government and industry to appease the general public In the first edition of The Phone Hacking Scandal, I put forward a number of arguments as to why I believe a form of statutory regulation of the printed media is the only way forward to deal with the issues which have been raised by the… [read post]