Fixed-odds betting terminal cap must be just the start of gambling regulation
May 19, 2018 21:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
The maximum stakes permitted on fixed-odds betting terminals in the UK is to be cut from 100 to 2, following years of campaigning for the change in the face of gambling industry lobbying. Those who campaigned hardest for...
Buying pot in Ontario in 2018 will be like buying booze in 1928
May 02, 2018 16:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
The legalization of cannabis in Canada is just on the horizon. Canadian provinces are taking different approaches to how it will be sold to the public. The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (OCRC) grabbed attention in...
Legal precedent based on false beliefs proves hard to overturn
May 02, 2018 16:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
This article is part of an ongoing series from the Post-Truth Initiative, a Strategic Research Excellence Initiative at the University of Sydney. The series examines todays post-truth problem in public discourse: the...
Apr 29, 2018 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Sports
The gambling world is waiting with bated breath for the United States Supreme Court decision that could result in an expansion of sports betting. The decision could be announced anytime between today and the end of...
Bill Cosby exposed by the media – but it was women who brought him down
Apr 29, 2018 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
So much has happened in three and a half years: several abusive men have been exposed, the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have gone international, millions have marched, and now an actual conviction for a man who appeared...
Class action against Facebook over facial recognition could pave the way for further lawsuits
Apr 20, 2018 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Facebooks privacy problems suffered a major setback in a US Federal Court this week. Judge James Donato of the Northern District federal court in San Francisco allowed a class action brought by Facebook users in Illinois...
Would regulation cement Facebook's market power? It's unlikely
Apr 12, 2018 14:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a four-hour grilling from the US Senate Commerce and Judiciary panels yesterday in response to a number of revelations that Russian operatives had targeted Facebook users to influence...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight