I hope you don’t need to have seen the sixteen previous Mickey films to understand the new one

Last week the European Commission ran the ‘DSA Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Systemic Risks’ in Brussels. I was grateful to be invited by the Commission to represent QUB School of Law as an expert on the ‘Civic Discourse and Elections’ track. Found the VLOPs quite willing to engage.

Big day for Kneecap and freedom of expression next week. I’ve published analysis of Mo Chara’s provocative expression from an ECHR perspective: ejiltalk.org/capping-freedo…

Capping Freedom of Expression? Assessing Kneecap’s Controversy under the ECHR | by Ethan Shattock ejiltalk.org/capping-freedo…

Two Weeks in Review, 2 – 15 June 2025 | by Tal Gross ejiltalk.org/two-weeks-in-r…

Capping Freedom of Expression? Assessing Kneecap’s Controversy under the ECHR Are Kneecap's provocative displays a legitimate target for the UK's Terrorism Act, or does it represent a 'political policing' of artistic expressive rights? Read Dr. Ethan Shattock's latest piece:

This is a great read!

"Rather than representing an explicit endorsement of violence, Article 10 jurisprudence suggests that Kneecap’s provocations may also need to be considered as protestations against the type of activities that Article 17—and the Convention itself—was enshrined to resist."

Glad to be quoted in this headline and article. We await to see what August 20 brings.

I was thrilled to be cited in the European Court of Human Rights judgment of Bradshaw v. The UK yesterday hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-2442…

Fantastic, congratulations, Ethan!

🚨New open access article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, (Oxford University Press) entitled: 'Disinformation and Democracy on the Docket: Reformulating the Approach to Electoral Disinformation under the ECHR.' 🧵 academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-a…

Enrollment is open for the LLM in Law and Technology at QUB School of Law: qub.ac.uk/courses/postgr…. This program delves into the intersection of law with #TechInnovation such as generative #AI, online platforms, data, #Fintech. Explore our G-IPTech Centre: qub.ac.uk/research-centr….

I did not imagine I would be lucky enough to be labelled a ‘misinformation pseudoscientist’ and part of the ‘pro censorship left’ by Republicans in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, but I shall be adding this to my bio with pride

Me when I see anyone remotely from Cork: ‘hi have u been to the Super Valu in Clonakilty’

As one of the 'experts' who attended this workshop, it is hard to overstate how misleading this characterisation is of the European Commission's approach.