UK law Gambling Commission issues industry warning notice about licensed software appearing on illegal market The Gambling Commission has issued an industry warning notice about licensed software appearing on illegal markets. The Commission said that it knows about casino games supplied by licensed operators appearing on unlicensed websites available to consumers in Grean Britain illegally….

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Ofcom has published its final guidance on age assurance under the Online Safety Act 2023. It says that robust age checks are a cornerstone of the OSA. It requires services which allow pornography or certain other types of harmful content to introduce “age assurance” to ensure that children are not normally able to encounter it….

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The Competition and Markets Authority has set out its initial plans for the new digital markets competition regime. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act received Royal Assent in May 2024 and the new digital markets competition regime came into force on 1 January 2025. The CMA issued guidance about its substantive and procedural approach…

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The UK government has announced that it intends to crack down on explicit deepfakes.  It will introduce new offences covering both creating and sharing deepfake images. This reflects the government’s manifesto commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes as well as recommendations from the Law Commission relating to intimate images. The government will…

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Ofcom has published its review of public service broadcasting and says that broadcasters are delivering well for UK audiences, in challenging times. As part of its role to support and strengthen the quality of public service broadcasting (PSB), Ofcom has a duty to periodically review how television services provided by the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel…

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