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A Lawyer’s Take on Social Media Misdeeds: Part 1
Copyright ➤ June 10, 2020

A Lawyer’s Take on Social Media Misdeeds: Part 1

There are many reasons why you might want content removed from someone else's website or social media feed. Some of the most frequent grounds for complaint concern copyright or trade mark infringement. Defamation and harassment are also common painpoints, as are privacy and data protection concerns. This post, which is the first in a series, provides an overview of nine common offenses people commit on social media.

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Her Private Pain: £15,000 awarded for misuse of private information on Facebook
Expression ➤ June 3, 2020

Her Private Pain: £15,000 awarded for misuse of private information on Facebook

Last week, a High Court judge in England ordered a man to pay his niece £15,000 (nearly $19,000 USD) in aggravated damages for making a Facebook post about her struggles with mental health and self-harming. The Court found that the Uncle committed the torts of misuse of private information, and breach of confidence.

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Privacy Day 2019
Data Protection ➤ January 27, 2019

Privacy Day 2019

In 2006 the Council of Europe officially recognised 28 January as a data privacy holiday, to celebrate the date The Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data was signed in...

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Do Neo-Nazis have a right to privacy?
Digital Platforms ➤ December 13, 2018

Do Neo-Nazis have a right to privacy?

Earlier this month, a leftist art collective in Germany called the Centre for Political Beauty (Zentrum für Politische Schönheit or “ZPS”) launched a website to name and shame neo-Nazis. At soko-chemnitz.de, people were invited to examine...

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Facebook and Privacy: cases, reports and actions in Europe
Data Protection ➤ November 27, 2018

Facebook and Privacy: cases, reports and actions in Europe

A list of European enforcement action, official legislative (Parliamentary) reports, and cases concerning Facebook with respect to data protection and privacy. This is a work in progress, last updated November 2018. Data Protection Commissioner (Ireland)...

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Kelsey Farish

Kelsey Farish

Media + Tech Lawyer

Got lost on my way to drama school, now a media and technology lawyer in London.

I write about deepfakes, publicity, privacy, advertising, the audiovisual sector, and creative industries from a legal perspective.

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🎂 KelseyFarish.com’s 1st Birthday!
Uncategorized ➤ November 29, 2018

🎂 KelseyFarish.com’s 1st Birthday!

As of November 2018, KelseyFarish.com has officially turned one year old! When I come across something in the news about digital rights, free speech, intellectual property or other aspects of the media and entertainment industries,...

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Social network, media company, host provider, neutral intermediary… what’s in a name for YouTube?
Copyright ➤ June 28, 2018

Social network, media company, host provider, neutral intermediary… what’s in a name for YouTube?

Media companies who call themselves social networks will have to recognize that they, too, have to take on responsibility for the content with which they earn their millions. -— Markus Breitenecker, CEO of Puls4 Who...

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That robot took my theatre ticket!
Uncategorized ➤ January 15, 2018

That robot took my theatre ticket!

The UK’s Digital Economy Act 2017 is to be amended by the Breaching Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations, which will criminalise use of internet bots to bypass limits on ticket purchases set by event organisers.  In practice,...

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