Criminal and media law, human rights and freedom of speech

Newspage is urgently seeking criminal lawyers, human rights specialists, experts in media law and free speech generally, especially in relation to the Online Safety Act. As you will all be aware following the events in the UK of the past 10 days, these are febrile times politically and what constitutes freedom of speech (online) is an escalating narrative. Against this backdrop, we are keen to build a Newspage News Desk of experts on criminal and media law, free speech and online safety to provide impartial and authoritative views to the mainstream media on events as they unfold. There will be plenty of opportunities for broadcast interviews — radio and TV — as legal experts are currently in high demand. If you fall into any of these categories, join the Newspage Criminal and Media Law, Human Rights and Freedom of Speech News Desk (a WhatsApp group) using this link. Newspage’s News Desks are environments where experts in their fields and the Newspage team of journalists discuss stories and angles as events unfold and share the views of its experts with the media, from the BBC, FT and Sky News to The Times, Telegraph and Guardian. In the meantime, if you have any views that you would like to share with the mainstream media on the ongoing commentary from Elon Musk, the growing tension between the mainstream and social media, and the handling of the riots and unrest by the UK Government and police, send them across.