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REVEAL expert seminar on the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF)
July 1, 2015 | Aleksandra Kuczerawy
On 13 may 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that individuals have a right to obtain removal of certain search results that are shown following a web search on the basis of their name. The Google Spain ruling initiated vivid discussions around the world on the so called “right to be forgotten” (RTBF).
Delfi AS vs Estonia
June 26, 2015 | Aleksandra Kuczerawy
On 16 June 2015 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgement in Delfi AS v. Estonia. By fifteen votes to two, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR ruled that there was no violation of Article 10 by the domestic courts in deciding that the Estonian news portal Delfi had not taken sufficient measures to remove unlawful comments under a news story. Pieter-Jan Ombelet and Aleksandra Kuczerawy of the KU Leuven Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI-CIR) provide a short summary of the case and point out the key legal issues discussed by the Grand Chamber.
Verify This Week (11/2015)
May 12, 2015 | Linda Rath-Wiggins
Here, we provide interesting links from around the web that discuss issues regarding the verification processes of content from social media: What tools, services and initiatives are there? Who is doing what? What’s the state of affairs regarding eyewitness media and related issues? Here is our list for this week.
REVEAL @ News Impact Summit
April 27, 2015 | Jochen Spangenberg
On 31 March 2015, REVEAL participated at the News Impact Summit in Hamburg, Germany. REVEAL was an official partner, presented a project overview and conducted a workshop at this high level verification event.
Verify This Week (10/2015)
April 22, 2015 | Linda Rath-Wiggins
Here, we provide interesting links from around the web that discuss issues regarding the verification processes of content from social media: What tools, services and initiatives are there? Who is doing what? What’s the state of affairs regarding eyewitness media and related issues? Here is our list for this week.
Outlook: News Impact Summit
March 26, 2015 | Jochen Spangenberg
On 31 March 2015, the next News Impact Summit will take place in Hamburg, Germany. REVEAL is pleased and proud to partner with organisers Google and the European Journalism Centre for this exciting event that brings together a wide set of verification experts.
Paper Published – Free Access for 50
March 19, 2015 | Jochen Spangenberg
As part of the journalistic user requirements gathering in REVEAL, we conducted 24 interviews with journalists, mostly throughout 2014. Some of the findings and insights into dealing with user-generated content have now been published in the paper “Emerging Journalistic Verification Practices Concerning Social Media”. 50 users can download the paper for free.
Interview with Simone Stoffers, ARD.ZDF Medienakademie
January 26, 2015 | Jochen Spangenberg
How do journalists deal with content from Social Networks? What are respective challenges and requirements? Which solutions are used in the business? To find out, we talked to Simone Stoffers, former journalist of NDR’s extra 3, current Head of Unit at ARD.ZDF Medienakademie.