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Ethan Shattock

@ethanshattock.bsky.social
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Law Lecturer at Queens University Belfast. Disinformation, Freedom of Expression, Elections.

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New from @ethanshattock.bsky.social and me! Even if the UK authorities hadn't messed up the process in the Kneecap case, there is plenty to suggest that the prosecution would fall foul of Art10 ECHR freedom of expression. S13 TA 2000 is a really problematic offence: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Very grateful to be invited to present my research on misinformation and human rights to the Committee of Ministers‘ Deputies at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg yesterday. Fantastic meeting on 'Freedom of Expression, Disinformation, and Elections: The Role of Media in Election Integrity.’
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Spoke to FRANCE 24 about Kneecap and freedom of Expression this morning. Also discussed UK clamp down on Palestine activism and Sally Rooney. Timely topics on today of all days. youtu.be/lGvU6zQcxZM?...
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨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.' 🧵 t.co/jS5oiFS3cV
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨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.' 🧵 t.co/jS5oiFS3cV
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I was thrilled to be cited in the European Court of Human Rights judgment of Bradshaw and Others vs the United Kingdom yesterday. hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22docu...
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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Glad to be quoted in this headline and article. We await to see what August 20 brings. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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Kneecap terror case is 'pivotal' for free speech, experts say
'The more they come after Kneecap the louder they will get,' say the band's legal team after bail on terror charge.
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Capping Freedom of Expression? Assessing Kneecap’s Controversy under the ECHR | by Ethan Shattock
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Capping Freedom of Expression? Assessing Kneecap’s Controversy under the ECHR
On Friday 23rd May, the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap headlined London’s Wide Awake music festival at Brixton’s Broxwell Park. Attended by 20,000 fans, this marked the Belfast group’s first stage pe...
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Well worth a read from @ethanshattock.bsky.social on the Kneecap case, the complexity of the ECtHR's freedom of expression jurisprudence and it's increasingly frequent invocation of Art 17 on the abuse of rights where expression is connected to banned groups: www.ejiltalk.org/capping-free...
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/capping-free...
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Capping Freedom of Expression? Assessing Kneecap’s Controversy under the ECHR
On Friday 23rd May, the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap headlined London’s Wide Awake music festival at Brixton’s Broxwell Park. Attended by 20,000 fans, this marked the Belfast group’s first stage pe...
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I hope you don’t need to have seen the sixteen previous Mickey films to understand the new one
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Academic me: it’s deeply troubling to see animal misinformation go under the radar, people see ostensibly ‘cute’ videos and ignore the irresponsible and misleading nature of the video. Non-academic me: Omg bunny, chonk, cute, like.
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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 20/02/2025
@ethanshattock.bsky.social notes that the recently approved code of conduct on disinformation matters because it codifies this as a systemic risk under the DSA. He does worry, however, about insufficient references to freedom of expression protections
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
At Charles University in Prague today for the ReMeD conference "Regulation and Accountability in a Hybrid Media System: Content Creators, Algorithmic Plurality, and Online Platforms." Presented alongside some fascinating talks!
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 21/01/2025
The European Court of Human Rights has decided not to issue “interim measures” against the annulment of the presential election in Romania. Full press release via hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=... #HumanRights #ECHR #Rule39
Summary of the European Court of Human Rights press release entitled "No interim measures issued against annulment of Romanian presidential
election"
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Electoral Dysfunction: Romania’s Election Annulment, Disinformation, and ECHR Positive Obligations to Combat Election Irregularities | by @ethanshattock.bsky.social
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Electoral Dysfunction: Romania’s Election Annulment, Disinformation, and ECHR Positive Obligations to Combat Election Irregularities
In a historical year for global democratic elections, Romania’s presidential election is the latest European election to have elicited controversy. Days prior to the scheduled second round of votin…
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
My latest blog has been published today in the European Journal of International Law Blog ‘Electoral Dysfunction: Romania’s Election Annulment, Disinformation, and ECHR Positive Obligations to Combat Election Irregularities’ www.ejiltalk.org/electoral-dy...
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Electoral Dysfunction: Romania’s Election Annulment, Disinformation, and ECHR Positive Obligations to Combat Election Irregularities
In a historical year for global democratic elections, Romania’s presidential election is the latest European election to have elicited controversy. Days prior to the scheduled second round of votin…
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Delighted to see my latest peer-reviewed article published in the latest volume of the SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology and Society. Available open access here journals.ed.ac.uk/script-ed/ar...
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
My highlight of 2024 was defending my PhD thesis in March. It is now available open access if you want some background reading about European human rights case law, free elections, and online disinformation! mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/18...
mural.maynoothuniversity.ie
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
No joy this year at the QUB law Xmas jumper contest but I’ll keep ‘chipping’ away
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Injustice
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Ethan Shattock @ethanshattock.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It was great to be invited to speak about disinformation, gender, and EU law yesterday for the event ‘From Behind Closed Doors to Online Spaces: Confronting Gender-Based Violence on International Human Rights Day.’ Fantastic speakers organised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland
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