by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2011
TV7 Outed Gay AU Politician, Ruled Justified Invasion of Privacy?
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) recently ruled that a TV network was justified in outing politician David Campbell...
Invasion of Privacy
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2011
UK PCC Rules Publication of Civil Servant’s Public Tweets OK
The UK Press Complaints Commission backed two newspapers' decisions to publish public tweets from a public Twitter account, Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2011
Another News of the World Editor in Phone Hacking Scandal? Ian Edmondson accused
In the latest turn of events with the accusations of a "culture" of phone hacking at UK newspaper News of...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2011
Daily Mirror To Pay Less In Naomi Campbell Privacy Lawsuit
The Daily Mirror only has to pay some of the fees in a lawsuit stemming from its 2001 story on...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2011
Uganda Court Rules Media Can’t Out Homosexuals
Ugandan media have been ordered by the courts not to "out" homosexual people, the BBC reported. The ruling came after Ugandan...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2010
Sienna Miller Sues After News of the World Phone Hacking Claims
In the latest twist of a phone-hacking scandal, actress Sienna Miller has accused News of the World of violating her...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2010
Did Toronto Star Invade Privacy of Daughter of Pierre Trudeau?
Is it "public interest or just snooping"? The Toronto Star's public editor, Kathy English, put forth that question in her...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2010
MSNBC Sued for Publishing Penelope Cruz Pregnant Photo
Media Bistro's Web Newser reported that MSNBC was sued by a photo agency on Nov. 19 for publishing a copyrighted photograph...