Media Law

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared the proposed acquisition of Alpha Media by Iconic Media. Alpha Media Group Limited is a locally-owned weekly newspaper group in Northern Ireland which publishes 13 newspapers, website and social media sites, all circulating outsid

Donald Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC in defamation proceedings now filed with a court in Florida.

Ireland's media regulator has launched formal investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn amid concerns that their processes for reporting suspected illegal content fall short of EU legal requirements. Coimisiún na Meán's investigations team will assess whether the two platforms have contr

Lewis Silkin has appointed Olivia O’Kane as a partner to lead its specialist media law practice in both Belfast and Dublin. Ms O'Kane has over two decades of experience specialising in media disputes related to a wide range of complex media areas.

Ireland’s online safety commissioner, Niamh Hodnett, has been appointed to chair the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Ms Hodnett was appointed as GOSRN's annual in-person meeting, which took place at Coimisiún na Meán's offices in Dublin yesterday.

Ireland's media regulator has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform, X. Coimisiún na Meán’s investigations team yesterday announced it will investigate whether X has contravened Article 20 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which relates to con

The High Court has refused to set aside grants of leave to apply for judicial review obtained by two stagehands in respect of Labour Court decisions concerning their alleged employment with a film production company. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that t

Paddy Murphy of Ogier's Irish office examines a recent court dispute over a FIFA broadcasting rights deal struck over WhatsApp. The recent English Court of Appeal decision in DAZN v Coupang Corporation offers critical insights into how binding agreements in media can be formed — even through i

WhatsApp and Pinterest are obliged to take action against terrorist content following a decision by Coimisiún na Meán. The regulator has determined under an EU-wide mechanism that WhatsApp's Channels service and Pinterest as a whole are "exposed to terrorist content".

A new cooperation agreement has been signed by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and media regulator Coimisiún na Meán.

Some social media platforms are failing to co-operate with an independent dispute resolution body established in line with EU rules, according to a new report. Appeals Centre Europe has been certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 2

A further €6 million has been allocated to a scheme supporting media coverage of courts and local authorities. The local democracy and courts reporting schemes, established in response to a recommendation from the Future of Media Commission, were launched by Coimisiún na Meán last

Journalists are set to begin attending and reporting from family court hearings in Northern Ireland this October under a planned pilot scheme. Greater transparency in the family courts was one of the issues to be examined by a judicial working group established by the lady chief justice in September

Legal proceedings have been issued against Disney in connection with a TV series which depicts the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. Belfast firm Phoenix Law is acting for prominent Irish republican Marian McGlinchey (née Price) in her defamation case over her Say Nothing, a historical drama re

Legislative plans to implement new EU media freedom rules in Ireland have been set out by the government. The Media Regulation Bill will implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which puts in place new rules to protect media pluralism and independence and seeks to ensure that media can opera