Day three of Social Media Week 2015 started with great insight from Heidi Blake (@HeidilBlake), UK Investigations Editor at BuzzFeed and formerly of The Sunday Times. Discussing the reach of many stories, her opinion is that caring truly is sharing where digital media is concerned. Commercial success may follow, but human interest is key. In … Continue reading
Starting the day with a home-grown Fringe event, ‘It’s my data’ saw Penny Bygrave of Bircham Dyson Bell deliver a timely presentation on the policies and procedures necessary for organisations to ensure that data is stored, managed and processed correctly. Data protection is a hot topic right now, with serious breaches being frequently reported in the … Continue reading
Before Social Media Week officially starts is the PreCommerce Summit. This is the second year that the W2O Group has curated the event, which again took place in London’s Living Room, atop City Hall and providing stunning views over the unseasonably grey City. The afternoon was held together by Annalise Coady (@annalisec) and split, loosely, … Continue reading
On Sunday 13 September, I will be joining many thousands of runners from around the world to participate in the Great North Run. It’s a half marathon course between Newcastle and South Shields. I’ll be joining employees and supporters of Newcastle based company SAGE, as one of its ‘Legal Experts’. Together, we are aiming to … Continue reading
A 14-year-old boy has been added to a national police database after sending a naked picture of himself to classmate via Snapchat. The uncontrollable rise in sexting amongst children must be tackled, but is punishment the right solution? Although the unnamed boy was not arrested or charged, the incident – which the police became aware … Continue reading
PRS for Music, the representative body of UK musicians, is to sue online music streaming service SoundCloud after five years of negotiations has failed. PRS protects the rights and royalties of over 111,000 musicians in the UK. It stated in a letter to its members last week that it has “no alternative” but to commence legal … Continue reading
Revenge porn is back in the news after reports that the first woman to be convicted of the offence, Paige Mitchell, has been spared a jail term. Stigma following the publication of intimate images online can cause harm and distress way beyond some initial embarrassment, however. The growing number of explicit images being shared online, specifically without the … Continue reading
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