Designing technology contracts for the real world When technology deals unravel, issues often arise when the contract does not fully reflect how the deal, the product or the service will be delivered in practice. On 11 March 2026, as part of The Society of Computers & Law: “What Every In-House Lawyer Should Know” series,…
Ofcom has issued two new codes of practice for larger streaming services, one on content and the other on accessibility. Under new powers in the Media Act 2024, Ofcom will enforce a new content standards Code for streaming services. The aim of the Code is to level the regulatory playing field between streamers and traditional…
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Ofcom has fined 4chan £450,000 for not having age checks in place to prevent children from seeing pornography on its site. In 2025, the Children’s Commissioner found that 59% of children had accidentally come across pornography without looking for it. The Online Safety Act requires sites which contain pornographic material to use highly effective age…
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In this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa travels to Singapore to sit down with Professor Irene Calboli, founder of the IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network. Their conversation ranges widely: from the evolving landscape of legal scholarship and practice across Asia, to the way IPIRA’s annual conference brings together a diversity of voices from…
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Jack Barradell-Johns walks through a revealing example showing how AI integration can cause vulnerabilities in commonly used tools Introduction SharePoint is a Microsoft platform that enables collaborative working and information sharing. This is done with team sites. They work like regular intranet pages with graphics and text, but they also give you places to store…
An infographic compiled by Fiona Phillips outlining the proposals for dealing with ransomware attacks following the consultation earlier this year….
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Fiona Phillips, guest editor of our Cybersecurity special issue and chair of the SCL Cybersecurity Group, stresses the importance of cyber for lawyers and for wider society As Chair of the Cybersecurity and Law Committee for the Society for Computers and Law, I am honoured to introduce this special edition devoted to one of the…
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The Irish parliamentary Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence has published its First Interim Report. The Committee was formed to examine and make recommendations on Ireland’s approach to the development, deployment, regulation, and ethical considerations of AI, and on the means of ensuring that the approach supports economic growth, innovation, public trust, and societal benefit while…
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