Media Law Journal

Yet another ASA decision about yet another National Party ad – a billboard this time.

I think National’s election campaign this year is a particularly deceptive one, and this is another complaint.

Here’s a complaint against a National Party Facebook and Instagram ad, again falsely implying that Labour is proposing nine new taxes (though to be fair it doesn’t seem to explicitly mention Labour).

A Ministry of Education official has been caught on video telling staff not to write down their feedback from the Minister’s office because it is “OIA-able”.

The High Court has granted an injunction against Stuff Ltd preventing it publishing a report into potential conflicts of interest at a law firm receiving legal aid money.

The Media Council (formerly the Press Council) hears complaints against print or text based media, alleging unethical conduct such as inaccuracy or lack of fairness or balance, or invasion of privacy.

I’ve just accused (below) the Advertising Standards Authority of copping out by refusing to uphold a complaint by finding that an assertion of fact is a statement of opinion.

Looks like the Advertising Standards Authority is doing its usual thing in letting political parties get away with blatantly misleading ads by pretending that they are opinions.

The BSA has upheld the complaint against Sean Plunket’s internet broadcasting outfit, The Platform.

I was recently asked to prepare a brief opinion on the issue of the legality of the Media Council’s waiver.

Just a reminder of what’s at stake here.

So the government has decided to abolish the BSA.

The BSA has ruled that it has jurisdiction to receive complaints against the online media company, The Platform.

Julian Batchelor has lost his defamation lawsuit against TVNZ and former Disinformation Project director of research Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa.

An overlooked part of Talley’s Group’s defamation case against TVNZ is its attempt to get TVNZ to disclose its confidential sources.

It’s becoming a regular thing to see hackers get hold of reams of private data and threaten to leak it.