Presumably, that stuff gets covered by the words “such as”… So… where’s the directive to look at “how trials can be prejudiced by information posted on websites and seen by jurors, real-time online streaming of court cases, breaches of court suppression orders…”?

Whether existing criminal and civil remedies for wrongs such as defamation, harassment, breach of confidence, and privacy are effective in the new media environment, and if not whether alternative remedies are available.

Whether and to what extent the jurisdiction of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and/or the Press Council should be extended to cover currently unregulated news media, and if so what legislative changes would be required to achieve this.

How to define ‘news media’ for the purposes of the law.

Having said that this is his concern, here’s his summary of the issues he’s referring to the Commission:

Issues I’m concerned about include how trials can be prejudiced by information posted on websites and seen by jurors, real-time online streaming of court cases, breaches of court suppression orders, and re-publication of a libel.Īnother odd thing about Power’s press release. Its task will be broader – “to review the adequacy of regulations around how the Interent interacts with the justice system” – but there seems to be overlap: Then we get Simon Power’s announcement that the Law Commission will look at… much the same thing. Is it undermining confidence in court orders, or courts’ ability to do their jobs? Tony Smith is the author of the leading text on contempt, and is tackling the research with recently retired Court of Appeal judge Bruce Robertson. The Attorney-General engaged VUW dean Tony Smith to write a paper on our contempt of court laws, including the ways in which they are being affected by the internet. Is the Law Commission being tasked with a job already farmed out to the Dean of VUW’s law school? Budget leak: Nats’ behaviour “entirely appropriate”?.When free speech creates disorder or hate.

NZME admits it misled listeners by buying into Trump’s ridiculous election fraud claims – but BSA somehow finds broadcasting standards not breached.

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