CFOM publishes commentary pieces focused on media freedom, journalism safety and the issue of impunity from researchers across the globe on areas that they study. If you are interested in writing a commentary for us please email cfom@sheffield.ac.uk.
The debate on crucial future issues takes place online – is media law ready?
By Jan Kalbhenn, the Department of Information, Telecommunication and Media law, University of Münster. A series of new laws in Germany addresses the impact of the platform economy on public discourse I. The debate on societies’ future is decided online Societies...
Research study “Legal systems: friend or foe for the safety of journalists”: advancing the holistic approach and proposing a new tool to explore the role of law in safeguarding journalism
By Bojana Kostić Bojana Kostić is a legal researcher and practitioner specialised in information and media law. In 2019, Bojana with her team of researchers -- Dr. Abdelkrim Hizaoui, a researcher on media regulation, Manijza Aziz, a knowledge and quality officer at...
Ahead of event on the protection of journalism in international law Sara Torsner discusses a civil-legal approach to understanding attacks on journalism
This article has been syndicated from JuWiss at the Institute of Media and Communications Law at the University of Cologne where it was originally published ahead of the Deutsche Welle and Cologne University’s Institute for Media and Communications Law...
CFOM Panel on “Seen and Unseen Barriers to Media Freedom” on 14 November during International Journalism Week 2019
By Michael Quinn and William Horsley The CFOM Panel session, moderated by CFOM International Director William Horsley, was flagged as an event marking International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The session was organised under the auspices of the...
‘“Fake news”: Reconsidering the value of untruthful expression in the face of regulatory uncertainty’
Dr. Irini Katsirea is Reader in International Media Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield, UK. The phenomenon of ‘fake news’, which came to the fore as a result of revelations about the commercial exploitation...