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Andrew Charlesworth interviewed on Channel 4 News

22 July 2010

Social networking sites are 'sticky' - what you say and do on them now may hang around for a long time - and the '18 year old you' isn't thinking about the impression their Facebook page may give of the '40 year old you' to employers and others in the future.

Andrew Charlesworth
Andrew Charlesworth, Reader in IT and Law, and Director of the cross-disciplinary Centre for IT and Law (CITL) in the University School of Law, was interviewed on Channel 4 News on 21 July about the impact of social networking site, Facebook, as the site celebrates reaching the 500-millionth user mark. The interview was part of an item looking at Facebook use in Bristol which, it is claimed, has the highest percentage of Facebook users of any British city.

Andrew specialises in the privacy and data protection issues arising out of new technology developments, and has been a contributor to, or quoted in, a range of national and local media outlets, including BBC News 24, Channel 4 News, The Sunday Times, The Sun, Today Programme, Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Bristol.  He also gives regular public talks and lectures on legal issues surrounding information technologies and electronic commerce, as part of the University's Centre for Public Engagement's activities in the city.