[Chapter-delegates] BBC RADIO 1

[Christian de Larrinaga]

The UK/England chapter has received a request from a BBC Radio Newsbeat journalist as below.

As this involves getting data from other countries  in particular as he puts it 'free democratic countries' I thought I'd put this to ISOC chapters to see if anybody has some information they can share or point to reliable resources to establish or guide authoring a useful comparison. 

The context I expect is the recent arrest of a teenager for posting allegedly abusive tweets on a British UK athlete. There is a perception that the UK is particularly draconian about jumping on posters and the question is to get comparisons from other countries.

Any responses to me will be collated and forwarded to Declan and maybe published unless you specifically ask for redaction. I would prefer if possible to have this by the close of the weekend ahead Aug 5th. So I am not looking for anybody to prepare a new thesis or paper but would like any relevant links, posts, examples, that are already available and if possible a paragraph on what the local perception is on these issues. Any pointers to researchers in this area would also be helpful. 

thank you!



Christian 


On 2 Aug 2012, at 07:40, Declan Harvey wrote:

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> Hi Christian,
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> Thanks for getting back to me. I haven’t heard from Olivier yet.
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> I should also have explained. We are interested in comparing the UK’s approach to the approach of other ‘free democratic countries’ that do not have internet restrictions already in place; in particular the UK, Japan, Brazil and India.
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> Thanks.
> Declan.
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> On 31 Jul 2012, at 12:33, Declan Harvey wrote:
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> Hello,
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> My name is Declan Harvey, I’m a news reporter with BBC Radio 1.
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> In recent weeks Radio 1 has spent considerable time taking about the rules and risks of what our listeners can post on Twitter/Facebook et al.
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> There have been many high profile cases of late, including one involving Tom Daley today. We have spoken to the Attorney General for example who says the government take it very seriously. Police forces have also told us they have special teams dedicated to cracking down on “malicious communications”.
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> As a result we wonder how the UK compares to other countries in the world – in particular the US, Japan, India and Spain. These are the other 4 countries, along with the UK, who make up the Top 5 Tweeters (Source Alexa.com).
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> Researchers at Oxford University have told me the UK is “incredibly heavy handed” in comparison with others when it comes to reacting to comments.
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> I was wondering if you had any thoughts or knowledge of this comparison and situation.
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> If you had a moment and could call me for a quick chat – not for broadcast – then I’d really appreciate it. My number is below.
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> Kindest thanks,
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> Declan.
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