The Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) hosts Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age October 18-19, 2013, at HKU.
The conference will examine the controversies and challenges the Internet age has created for the news media and policymakers in countries as diverse as China and the United States. Panelists include many who have been at the forefront of reforms and debates involving the Internets impact on issues such as defamation law and practice; privacy and media self-regulation; free speech and speech crimes, and national security. Among the main topics of discussion will be lessons learned in the United Kingdom from recent controversies surrounding the media, including the 2012 Leveson Inquiry into illegal hacking by journalists an issue that has launched a major public debate on how to protect individual reputations and privacy while upholding fundamental freedom of expression.
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