Policy paper

Response to Call for Evidence on the Impact of Social Media on the Administration of Justice

The government’s response to its Call for Evidence on the impact of social media on criminal trials.

From:
Attorney General's Office, The Rt Hon Robert Buckland KC and The Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox KC MP
Published
5 March 2019
Last updated
5 March 2019 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Response to Call for Evidence on the Impact of Social Media on the Administration of Justice

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Details

Examining the impact of social media on the criminal justice system, with particular attention paid to the issues of active proceedings and breaches of reporting restrictions and anonymity orders.

Updates to this page

Published 5 March 2019
Last updated 5 March 2019 + show all updates

  1. Added link to 3.5 and corrected typo in 3.10.

  2. First published.

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