UK law Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/919 have been made. They set out the criteria that an entity must meet to be an “eligible entity” for this purpose and contain provision about procedural matters relating to such complaints….
The Online Safety Act has been receiving a lot of media attention this week as the age verification requirements and duty to protect children have come into force. In addition Australia has announced that it is planning to ban the under 16s from having accounts on Youtube. Alongside this, the European Commission has also issued…
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Since 25 July, the provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 requiring measures to be place to protect children have been in force. Among other things, age checks are now enforced to prevent children from accessing porn, self-harm, suicide and eating disorder content. Over the last month, the UK’s biggest and most popular adult service…
Ofcom has recommended that public service media (PSM) should be prominent on third-party websites and applications such as YouTube. PSM companies’ video on-demand players account for just 9% of all viewership, significantly less than subscription streaming services (15%) and video-sharing platforms (19%). To address the challenges for PSM, Ofcom has set out the following six-point…
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UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2025 made to repeal video sharing regime The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/888 have been made. They are the sixth commencement regulations made under the Online Safety Act 2023. They bring into force section 210 of the 2023 Act,…
UK law Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025 made The Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/808 have been made. They amend Schedule 4 to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Schedule 4 (relevant public authorities and designated senior officers etc.)…
UK law Draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025 published The Draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2005 have been published. Sections 89 and 90 of the Data (Use and Access) Act (DUAA) amend the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) to enable joint processing between qualifying competent authorities and…
The ICO is consulting on its approach to enforcing the requirements in regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). The ICO says that it sees this as an opportunity for new commercially viable advertising models that can support innovations to improve consumer privacy and boost economic growth. Currently, publishers deploying online advertising…
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The First-tier Tribunal has issued its decision in TikTok Inc & Anor v Information Commissioner [2025] UKFTT 798 (GRC) on the preliminary issue raised by TikTok in its appeal against the £12.7m fine issued by the ICO in April 2023. The decision follows a hearing that took place from 19 to 21 May 2025. The…
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The government has published the final Strategic Priorities for online safety. The power for the government to designate this statement was introduced by the Online Safety Act 2023. “Online safety matters” is defined by section 235 of the Online Safety Act 2023 and stipulates that priorities within this statement must be connected to Ofcom’s online…
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