The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced this week that children in the UK will be protected by an automatic block regarding online pornography, which parents must choose to have lifted.
This development comes after the Telegraph reported last Friday that the Government had decided against anti-pornography filters for the internet, because such a system “could create a false sense of security”, meaning that parents might stop invigilating their children’s internet usage.
With the end of the year quickly approaching we thought we’d do a round up on the big stories we’ve covered this year relating to the law and social media.
From Twitter users being sued, fined and jailed to Facebook cyber bullying, it’s been a very interesting year in the world of social media.
An undercover investigation by the BBC reports its team found nine pharmacists in London willing to sell dangerous controlled drugs without seeing any prescriptions.
Furthermore, it is alleged that the pharmacists sold the medicines for high prices, far above the £7.50 NHS prescription charge.
A gang of metal thieves was sentenced yesterday at Lincoln Crown Court, as reported by the Daily Mail. The six men, originally from Lithuania, had been accused of raiding church roofs for their lead content across the East Midlands last year.
The Church of England (CofE) estimates that, in Lincolnshire alone, the gang was responsible for over £1 million pounds’ worth of damage, inflicted on approximately 20 churches.
The long-awaited report by Lord Justice Leveson into the culture, practices and ethics of the press was published yesterday, and almost immediately a division emerged between the main political parties over his core recommendation – a statutory ‘underpinning’ for a new system of press regulation that is entirely independent of newspaper editors and proprietors.
Lord Leveson, an Appeal Court judge, was thoroughly critical of press behaviour in recent years. He cited the cases of people caught up in tragic news stories through no fault of their own who were treated merely as grist to the mill by several newspapers. For example, two families that lost a child in terrible circumstances, the Dowlers and the McCanns.
If you have been charged with a crime or motoring offence, you should get legal advice. In our blog we’ve covered current news on the UK criminal justice system. We also cover your frequent questions about speeding fines, driving offences and penalties.
