Ms Ricki-Lee Gerbrandt
BA Hons, JD, LLM, PhD
Expertise
Ricki-Lee is an international lawyer and legal scholar. Her scholarly expertise is in media law and media freedom, platform governance, the regulation of social media, content moderation, and online safety.
Current positions
Lecturer
University of Bristol Law School
Contact
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Publications
Recent publications
01/10/2026Content Moderation, the UK Online Safety Act, and the European Convention on Human Rights
Public Law
"Effective system of protection of journalists" and "without fear" principles: the ECHR's positive obligations to protect journalist safety and security in the digital era
European Human Rights Law Review
Threatening & protecting press publishers and journalism in the UK’s regulation of social media platforms
Journal of Media Law
Should Social Media Companies Permit Violating Content that is "Newsworthy"?
Journal of Online Trust and Safety
The ECtHR’s Ruling on Pseudomedical Advice on the Internet
European Human Rights Law Review
Teaching
Ricki-Lee teaches Information Technology in the undergraduate and graduate programmes and Constitutional Rights in the undergraduate programme at Bristol Law School. She previously taught Human Rights Law at the University of Cambridge and was an Adjunct Lecturer in Tort Law in the JD programme at the University of Calgary. She has delivered guest lectures at leading institutions, including Sciences Po.