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What law is the defence for Readers Comments
EU Electronic Commerce Directive (Regulation 19). It says media is not liable for content of statement as long as they don’t moderate comments and remove them when alerted
Which IPSO code is relevant for Readers Comments
IPSO Clause 1 - Accuracy - there is an ethical obligation to be accurate and readers comments could breach that
What are the three main elements to Breach of Confidence
Information has to be confidential - ‘quality of confidence’. There must be a duty on person to keep information secret - ‘obligation of confidence’. The breach must be seen to be of detriment to another.
What law bans photography, videoing, filming and sketching etc in and around the court and its “precincts”
Criminal Justice Act 1925 section 41
What does Clause 1 say
Accuracy - Don’t publish inaccurate, distorted or misleading information
What does Clause 3 say
Harassment - abstain from questioning when asked
What does Clause 4 say
Intrusion into Grief and Shock - sympathy and discretion should be shown
What does Clause 5 say
Reporting suicide - care should be taken to avoid excessive detail
What does Clause 6 say
Children - no media intrusion for children under 16, unless parents allow
Clause 7
Children in sex cases - Media should not identify such children under 16
Clause 8
Hospitals - journalists must identify themselves and have permission to enter
Clause 9
Reporting of crime - relatives or friends of criminals should not be identified
Clause 10
Clandestine devices and subterfuge - should not be used as a matter of course
Clause 11
Victims of sexual assault - should not be identified unless legally free to do so
Clause 12
Discrimination - press must avoid prejudicial reference of an individual’s race, colour, religion, gender, physical or mental disability etc.
