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OverviewThe human race now creates, distributes and stores more information than at any other time in history. Frictionless and cheap digital networks circulate information in ways which either authors or subjects are unable to trace or control. Servers store data which can be found on the world wide web years after it has ceased to be accurate or relevant to its original use. These developments have given rise to a movement promoting a 'right to be forgotten': an argument that freedom of expression should be balanced by a right to erase information which affects an individual, under certain conditions. Rights to privacy therefore need extending and strengthening in the digital era. This strand of thinking influenced a significant judgement delivered by the European Court of Justice in May 2014. As a result, the dominant internet search engine in Europe, Google, has been required to remove links to hundreds of thousands of pieces of information on application from individuals who considered their interests harmed. We know very little of how these delinking choices are made.This book looks at the implications of this controversial decision for free expression, journalism and information in the digital public sphere. Two rights-free speech and privacy-collide in a new way in age of information saturation. Is the judgement a threat to freedom of information and the accuracy of the historical record or the first step in establishing essential new rights in the digital era. Full Product DetailsAuthor: George BrockPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.174kg ISBN: 9781784535926ISBN 10: 1784535923 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 26 September 2016 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn eloquent account offering valuable cultural and historical context to help us grapple with the problematic idea of the Right to be Forgotten being developed inside and outside the EU. - Judith Townend, Lecturer in Media and Information Law, University of Sussex, Data regulation is creaking under the strain of information abundance, leaving both freedom of expression and privacy at risk. The politics and policy of the competing rights involved are a mess. Brock elegantly highlights the confusion while offering positive insights into possible solutions. - Charlie Beckett, Director, POLIS Author InformationGeorge Brock is Professor of Journalism at City University London. He was a journalist with The Observer and The Times between 1981 and 2009. At The Times he was Foreign Editor, Managing Editor and Saturday Editor. He chaired the World Editor Forum for four years and sits on the board of the International Press Institute, chairing the IPI's British section. He is a trustee of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and on the editorial advisory committee of The Conversation UK. He is the author of Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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