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Mobile and internet privacy

Mobile and internet privacy

In honour of European Consumer Day today, and World Day Against Cyber-censorship earlier this week, two privacy reports have caught my eye. Privacy is concerned as much with what we wish to keep Continue Reading

#Cameron to #Leveson: LOL

#Cameron to #Leveson: LOL

One of the most entertaining pieces of evidence that Lord Justice Leveson heard during his inquiry's hearings into the culture, practice and ethics of the press concerned UK Prime Minister David Continue Reading

Presidential freedom of expression

President Higgins at The Great Hunger Memorial, St Luke's Church, Liverpool.Last week, the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, in response to questions from reporters during an official visit to Continue Reading

We need a Privacy Bill, just not this one

We need a Privacy Bill, just not this one

The drumbeats for privacy legislation can once again be heard around Leinster House. I did a radio interview with Matt Cooper on Today FM's The Last Word yesterday evening; and I have an op-ed about Continue Reading

YouTube, Facebook, and the responsibilities of intermediary gatekeepers

In my previous post, I argued that, as a matter of principle, the controversial American anti-Islamic video should not be censored. The most obvious form of censorship comes from government action, Continue Reading

Assassination and censorship

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw Given my recent post about cross-border hate speech, I was unsurprised to find that freedom of expression is once again in the Continue Reading

A Utopian solution to cross-border hate speech?

James Banks (Sheffield Hallam University) has just published European Regulation of Cross-Border Hate Speech in Cyberspace: The Limits of Legislation (2011) 19 European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law Continue Reading

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on “Libel Tourism” & Freedom of Expression

From the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the Desirability of International Standards dealing with Forum Shopping in respect of Defamation, “Libel Tourism”, to Ensure Continue Reading

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Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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