Padraig Reidy: Would it have been OK to hack Jimmy Savile’s phone?
Would it have been OK to hack Jimmy Savile's phone?
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Padraig Reidy
Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms and a columnist for Index on Censorship. He has also written for The Observer, The Guardian, and The Irish Times.
Is the law on social media a bad joke? Index at the Crown Prosecution Service
Padraig Reidy: Is the law a bad joke? Index speaks to the Crown Prosecution Service
Azhar Ahmed given community order for offensive Facebook post
Yorkshire man Azhar Ahmed has been given a community order after being found guilty of "sending a grossly offensive communication". Ahmed, 19, from West Yorkshire wrote on Facebook that "All soldiers should DIE & go to HELL!" This morning at...
Matthew Woods Facebook conviction – we cannot keep prosecuting jokes
Padraig Reidy: Matthew Woods conviction – we cannot keep prosecuting jokes
Jimmy Savile, power and libel
Padraig Reidy: Jimmy Savile and the cost of silence
Call for participants: Data Tools for Journalism, Advocacy and Activism Workshop (12-14 November, Dakar)
Call for participants: Data Tools for Journalism, Advocacy and Activism Workshop
Bahrain activist jailed for tearing up picture of king
Bahraini human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been sentenced to two months in prison after she allegedly tore up a picture of the ruler of the Gulf kingdom. Al-Khawaja is the daughter of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the head of the Bahrain Center...
A new argument for censorship?
Anti-Islam film: Padraig Reidy asks if this time is different from previous blasphemy rows
The Communications Data Bill – what Index says
Padraig Reidy: The Communications Data Bill – what Index says
Prince Harry, post Leveson
Padraig Reidy: Prince Harry, post Leveson
Smartphones, filters and free expression
Padraig Reidy: Smartphones, filters and free expression
Julian Assange granted political asylum in Ecuador
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum in Ecuador. The Australian national, who has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for two months after breaching his bail conditions in the UK, is wanted in Sweden, where...