News Twitter users face prosecution if they breach injunctions, warns attorney general Attorney general Dominic Grieve has warned that individuals who use Twitter to breach injunctions could face contempt of court proceedings By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Buscombe: PCC 'more active than judges' in protecting privacy Press Complaint Commission chair Baroness Buscombe stresses body's pre-publication work, claiming that a lot happens 'below the surface' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Defamation bill does not reflect 'elasticity' of real-time news, warns Rusbridger Live blogs and real-time news are not considered in the draft defamation bill, the Guardian's editor told the joint committee today By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Knight Foundation donates £60,000 to London-based media legal fund Grant to Media Legal Defense Initiative timed to coincide with World Press Freedom Day By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Libel reformer describes new defamation bill as 'extraordinarily open' Lord Lester has described the draft defamation consultation paper and bill as "an extraordinarily open and intelligent document" By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Ukrainian newspaper site removes UK block The Kyiv Post has removed a block on UK traffic to its website, put in place in protest against English libel law, following a new draft defamation bill By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Defamation bill targets 'libel tourism' Draft bill takes a tougher stance on so-called 'libel tourism' and introduces a new single publication rule online By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Kyiv Post libel case thrown out by high court judge Newspaper will keep a block on UK traffic – put up in protest at UK libel law – in place for the meantime By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News European Court of Human Rights intevenes in deportation of Sudanese journalist Abeer Awooda's deportation was delayed under the interim Rule 39, which states that the court can request the government concerned to suspend a deportation order against the applicant By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Ukrainian news site vows to block UK traffic until libel reform is passed The Kyiv Post blocked UK visitors on 14 December followed a libel suit against the newspaper's publisher in London by a Ukrainian businessman By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Clegg outlines plans to reform 'embarrassing' UK libel law Deputy prime minister today announced details of a draft defamation bill to combat so-called 'libel-tourism' and bolster public-interest journalism By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Michael Moore joins list of media figures offering bail surety for Julian Assange Filmmaker is unable to attend Assange's bail hearing today but says he has wired money to the court in advance By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
