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
Keywords:	defamation; responsibility; user-generated content;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	11700
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/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
URI:	Publisher
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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