Mangan, David (2015) Regulating for responsibility: reputation and social media. International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, 29 (1). pp. 16-32. ISSN 1360-0869
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Abstract
The framework brought forward by the United Kingdom’s Defamation Act 2013
underlines a traditional hierarchy of expression in which news media are viewed as
high-level speech. Although of a different form, social media are a dominant means
of expression. The current study explores the rationale for a more robust and forceful
discussion of responsibility in speech on social media platforms. The underlying
premise here is that speech should be viewed as a qualified good and that a more
appropriate paradigm is one found in the phrase ‘freedom to participate’.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | defamation; responsibility; user-generated content; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
Item ID: | 11700 |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13600869.2015.1008960 |
Depositing User: | David Mangan |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2019 10:19 |
Journal or Publication Title: | International Review of Law, Computers & Technology |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/11700 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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