The European Commission has published proposals for new legislation ‘to get terrorist content off the web, making sure that the same obligations are imposed in a uniform manner across the whole Union’….
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Mark O’Conor reflects on SCL’s activities and looks forward to the forthcoming SCL Conference…
Laurence Eastham spoke to Nilema Bhakta-Jones about her forthcoming keynote at the SCL Conference on 27 September….
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In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a series of stark warnings and made a series of recommendations….
Read More… from Commons Select Committee’s Interim Report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’
Mike Conradi brings us up to date on developments with the proposed EU Code, highlighting the main features of the new Code…
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This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
Continuing our series where we ask key figures from the tech law sector to answer five questions, Lorraine Chimbga and Andrew Sharpe make their contribution…
These are brief reports of a number of cases dealt with on the SCL site over the last two months. In many cases, more detailed reports are available online, where links to full judgments are also available….