UK law ASA shows how AI can be used for regulatory compliance purposes The Advertising Standards Authority has published the results of a trial that used AI to check whether alcohol ads are sticking to the rules. The ASA says that the trial marks a major step forward in how innovative technologies like AI can…
Advocate General Szpunar has issued an opinion in Joined Cases C-188/24 | WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates and C-190/24 | Coyote System on two related legal cases involving French laws that restrict certain online services. Advocate General (AG) Szpunar says that France’s obligations on online porn publishers to prevent minors’ access and its prohibition…
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In a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, Advocate General Spielmann has issued an opinion on how EU member states handle the public disclosure of anti-doping violations. In Case C‑474/24, four athletes challenged Austrian legislation mandating the online publication of personal data following anti-doping sanctions. This data included names, sports discipline,…
Following consultation, the Law Commission of England and Wales has announced its fourteenth programme of reform. It has agreed to work on ten new projects, three of which will be of particular interest to our readers. Deeds The Commission says that the current law of deeds is outdated, in part due to technological developments. For…
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Under the Digital Services Act, the European Commission supervises providers of certain services, designated as very large platforms or very large online search engines because they exceed a significant minimum threshold of users in the EU. To cover regulatory costs, the Commission collects an annual fee from those providers. The fee is calculated based on…
The European Commission has announced that it plans to fine Google €2.95 billion for breaching EU anti-trust rules by favouring its own adtech services over competing providers of adtech services, advertisers and online publishers. The Commission has instructed Google to bring these “self-preferencing” practices to an end, and to implement measures to prevent inherent conflicts…
The First-Tier Tribunal recently issued its ruling in Thomas Elsbury v Information Commissioner & HMRC Neutral citation: [2025] UKFTT 00915 (GRC). The Tribunal was asked to consider a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) about the use of large language models (LLMs) by HMRC. Thomas Elsbury (E) specialises in R&D…
The European Commission is consulting on drafts of a revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and revised Guidelines on application of Article 101 of the Treaty to technology transfer agreements. Technology transfer agreements are agreements by which one firm authorises another to use certain technology rights, such as patents, design rights or software copyrights…
Following last week’s consultations in response to the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 coming into force, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is now also consulting on guidance on distributed ledger technologies. Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain, seek to store, synchronise and maintain digital records across a network of computing centres. Their uses…
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UK law 4chan says it won’t comply with the Online Safety Act 2023 Back in June, we reported that Ofcom had opened formal investigations into various companies under the Online Safety Act 2023, including the online discussion board 4chan. This month, it issued 4chan with “a provisional notice of contravention” for failing to comply with…