In our first contribution to our Predictions and Reflections for the year Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, reflects on her year in open source software, where it has come from and why it matters for the future….
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Concerns expressed in their report on Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution…
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has first reading in Parliament The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has had its first reading in Parliament. The bill will provides for new powers to ensure that airports modernise their airspace, and fine those that don’t implement changes quickly enough. The bill will also hand…
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Facebook agrees to pay £500,000 fine but does not admit liability…
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The UK government has dropped its plans to introduce an age verification system for online pornography….
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Latest move comes as Facebook’s Libra project loses more potential partners…
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Proposed legislation includes online harms, drones, broadband as well as new initiatives in research and development and the space technology sector….
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Report examines the scope of the law concerning political campaigning and the current regulatory gaps in this area….
Graham Smith’s Keynote Speech to the SCL Annual Conference 2019 in which he argues that proposed cures for a broken internet risk harming the patient….
David Chaplin picks out what he thinks was the central theme from last week’s sprawling, enthralling SCL Annual Conference…
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