Andy Burnham and Ursula Van der Leyen give speeches in New York on AI and child online safety The Prime Minister and European Commission President have given speeches in New York. Andy Burnham presented AI and disinformation as increasingly interconnected national-security and democratic-resilience challenges, describing how bots, fake websites, falsified media and other techniques spread…
Dr Felipe Romero-Moreno examines the recent shifts in deepfake technology and asks how legal practitioners can navigate the impending 12-month regulatory vacuum between the AI Act’s functional bans and its high-risk enforcement. Generative AI, fuelled by advanced multimodal architectures and illicit dark-web variants such as WormGPT and FraudGPT, has precipitated a global digital trust emergency….
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Survey findings from the Society for Computers and Law reveal a growing focus on resilience, accountability and practical outcomes over compliance-driven drafting….
UK law UK government calls for evidence about digital product records policy The UK government has launched a call for evidence on a potential UK digital product records (DPR) policy. The government is asking for views about the potential benefits, costs and practical implications of DPRs to inform the development of future UK policy. It…
In 2023 the European Union proposed the new Toy Safety Regulation 2025/2509. The regulation came into force on 1 January 2026 and is set to fully apply from August 2030. Under the Windsor Framework the Regulation will also apply in Northern Ireland. Among other things, there is a requirement to assess all connected toys and…
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UK law Select Committee warns UK government must set out strategy to achieve sovereign AI capabilities The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has published a report saying that, in an era of geopolitical instability and technological competition, the UK government “may not be able to count on its allies” for access to…
A team from Norton Rose Fulbright bring you up to date with the latest policy and technical developments in the world of quantum computing and provide pointers about what this means for cybersecurity advice On 16 June 2026, the UK government announced the new “National Quantum Standards Network”, a world-first national framework for quantum standards to coordinate standards for…
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UK law High Court considers case where solicitors used misleading AI-generated material in correspondence with court In Cork and another v Smith [2026] EWHC 1199 (Ch), the High Court considered a case involving misleading legal submissions made by the applicants’ former solicitors. The court found that a junior lawyer had relied on generative AI to…
Last week, the UK government outlined its legislative programme for 2026. This article covers the key bills affecting tech and digital businesses. While there is no single technology or AI bill included in the programme, there are a number of measures and targeted reforms affecting AI, cyber security, digital infrastructure and competition law. Under the…
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UK law ICO fines South Staffordshire plc and South Staffordshire Water plc £963,900 following cyberattack and data breach The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined South Staffordshire plc and South Staffordshire Water plc £963,900. This follows a cyberattack and data breach which led to the personal information of 633,887 customers and employees being extracted and published…