Court & Screenhttps://courtandscreen.site/Analysis of social media and the law: deepfakes, online safety regulation, defamation, workplace investigations and preserving social media evidence.en-usSat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000First issue publishedhttps://courtandscreen.site/https://courtandscreen.site/#update-2026-11-14-first-issue-publishedSat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000Ten pieces of legal and social research republished from The Conversation, and our first feature, on preserving social media evidence.Editorial standards publishedhttps://courtandscreen.site/about-this-journal/https://courtandscreen.site/#update-2026-11-14-editorial-standards-publishedSat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000How we choose and credit republished articles, how we source our features, and how to send a correction.Before the post disappears: how lawyers and investigators preserve social media evidencehttps://courtandscreen.site/preserving-social-media-evidence-before-deleted/https://courtandscreen.site/preserving-social-media-evidence-before-deleted/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000How lawyers and investigators preserve TikTok, Instagram and X posts as evidence: authentication rules, hash values, timestamps and a checklist.‘Nobody cared’: new research shows deepfakes are hurting regular people, not just celebritieshttps://courtandscreen.site/deepfakes-hurting-ordinary-people-research/https://courtandscreen.site/deepfakes-hurting-ordinary-people-research/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000New research from Nicola Henry (RMIT University) shows deepfake abuse is harming ordinary people, and that many victims say nobody helped them.Slapps, NDAs and gendered ‘lawfare’: how the rich and powerful silence victims of sexual offenceshttps://courtandscreen.site/slapps-ndas-gendered-lawfare-silence-victims/https://courtandscreen.site/slapps-ndas-gendered-lawfare-silence-victims/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000Francesca Farrington (University of Liverpool) on how SLAPPs, NDAs and gendered lawfare are used by the rich and powerful to silence victims.Australia’s ‘digital duty of care’ was just introduced to parliament. So what’s in the bill?https://courtandscreen.site/australia-digital-duty-of-care-bill-explained/https://courtandscreen.site/australia-digital-duty-of-care-bill-explained/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Australia's digital duty of care bill is before parliament. Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Sydney) explains what it requires of platforms.It’s true, Australia won’t ban ‘sock puppet’ accounts on social media. Here’s whyhttps://courtandscreen.site/australia-wont-ban-sock-puppet-accounts/https://courtandscreen.site/australia-wont-ban-sock-puppet-accounts/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Australia won't ban sock puppet accounts on social media. Daniel Angus (QUT Digital Media Research Centre) explains the reasons and the trade-offs.Top bureaucrats don’t want to be criticised on social media, but their fix may be unconstitutionalhttps://courtandscreen.site/bureaucrats-criticism-social-media-constitution/https://courtandscreen.site/bureaucrats-criticism-social-media-constitution/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Senior officials don't want to be criticized on social media. Luke Beck (Monash University) on why the proposed fix may be unconstitutional.Message drift: why things get taken out of context online and why it mattershttps://courtandscreen.site/message-drift-taken-out-of-context-online/https://courtandscreen.site/message-drift-taken-out-of-context-online/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000Cavell Ord-Shrimpton (Anglia Ruskin University) on message drift: why things get taken out of context online, and why it matters for meaning.From Taylor Swift to Bollywood, stars turn to the civil courts to fight deepfakeshttps://courtandscreen.site/stars-civil-courts-fight-deepfakes/https://courtandscreen.site/stars-civil-courts-fight-deepfakes/Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000Stars are turning to the civil courts to fight deepfakes. Graeme Austin (University of Melbourne) on the legal tools they use and where they go.A damning study of online abuse of female MPs shows urgent legal reform is neededhttps://courtandscreen.site/online-abuse-female-mps-legal-reform/https://courtandscreen.site/online-abuse-female-mps-legal-reform/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000Cassandra Mudgway (University of Canterbury) on a damning study of online abuse aimed at female MPs and why it shows urgent reform is needed.Is someone using your pictures to catfish? Your rights when it comes to fake profiles and social media stalkinghttps://courtandscreen.site/catfish-using-your-pictures-rights/https://courtandscreen.site/catfish-using-your-pictures-rights/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000Rachel Maguire (Royal Holloway, University of London) on your rights when someone uses your photos for fake profiles and catfishing online.Who really gets fired over social media posts? We studied hundreds of cases to find outhttps://courtandscreen.site/who-gets-fired-over-social-media-posts/https://courtandscreen.site/who-gets-fired-over-social-media-posts/Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000Brady Robards (Monash University) studied hundreds of cases of people fired over social media posts. Here is who it happens to, and why.