'Today would've been Dad's 69th birthday, so to honor him (& that glorious number), I will be donating $69.69 to as many local homeless shelters as I can,' she wrote on social media. 'Join me if you like, but regardless, know I am wishing you all at least one hearty, immature belly laugh on Dad today.' … [Read more...] about Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda marks the anniversary of his death by stepping back from social media: ‘It’s hard for me’
Social media success summit
Social media ‘should be fined’ for failure to tackle online hate
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: "Last month I convened a meeting with the social media companies to ask them to go further in making sure this kind of harmful material is not available on their platforms, and an industry-led forum has now been set up to more robustly address this. … [Read more...] about Social media ‘should be fined’ for failure to tackle online hate
Metropolitan Police condemns ‘trial by social media’ after Labour MP Dawn Butler stopped by officers
Sir Steve said they were part of the Met's violent crime task force and that "criminals often use vehicles to travel in and to commit crime", so "officers will often check cars to see if there is anything that requires them to stop it and do further checks". … [Read more...] about Metropolitan Police condemns ‘trial by social media’ after Labour MP Dawn Butler stopped by officers
Phone hacking: media reputations are at stake
This is one of the biggest scandals in public life for decades, and yet our response has been weak. The police have been slow to react, which may be linked to their close ties with those media companies. Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, recently said he would rather his men were investigating more serious crimes like robbery. But isn't the theft of private information still theft? … [Read more...] about Phone hacking: media reputations are at stake
Tanzania tightens noose on press freedom, media activists stunned
"The system of enacting laws in Tanzania is usually retroactive but now they have decided to use a retrospective system where the law which is enacted today is affecting what happened a day before, a month before, or a year before. We think it's not a good idea for a law to affect mistakes that were made before the law was enacted," Balile said. … [Read more...] about Tanzania tightens noose on press freedom, media activists stunned
