The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Children’s Online Safety was set up in March 2018. It has now opened a call for evidence on an inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (AI) Harms and Children’s Online Safety: “AI and Online Safety: Safeguarding Children’s Digital Futures”. The APPG says that the development and deployment of AI systems across…
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We live our lives online and, increasingly, we die there too. Our data, social media, and the relationships we build in virtual spaces often outlive us, sometimes reshaping how others experience loss. For this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa chats with two world-leading voices in the field, a lawyer and a philosopher, Dr Edina Harbinja (University…
David Chaplin, editor of Computers & Law, reflects on the recent Annual AI conference that looked at the challenges of AI implementation through the eyes of business A case study stitched together the presentations at the annual SCL AI conference hosted at the HSFK offices a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how…
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Earlier this year, the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) consulted on a draft inclusion framework and pre-action model. The draft inclusion framework set out design principles and standards with a view to making sure that all users, especially those at risk of exclusion, can access and engage with digital justice services. Key features included user-centred…
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UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 laid The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 have been laid before the UK parliament. The Regulations amend the priority offences in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023. Criminal offences listed in Schedule 7 to the Act are made…
The European Commission has opened its first investigations following its previous publication of Guidelines on Protection of Minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission has now requested that Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google provide information about their age verification systems, as well as how they prevent minors from accessing content on illegal products,…
Christopher Millard ponders the wide-ranging ideas about AI put forward by Professor Richard Susskind in his latest work. Who is Richard Susskind and why is he writing about AI? For once, it is probably true that an author really does not need any introduction, at least to anyone reading this review who is a member…
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Peter Morgan raises some of the questions we will be wrestling with over the next few years as AI makes its way in society. Artificial Intelligence has crossed a threshold. What was once confined to research labs and speculative fiction now permeates every aspect of life – business, science, creativity, even governance. The pace of…
Dr Fernando Barrio captures some of the insights aired at the SCL’s recent AI Policy Forum. AI shows no sign of slowing down, neither does the pace of conversation around its regulation. An important and timely contribution to the debate was enabled by the AI Policy Forum, held on 10 July 2025, within the striking…
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Mark O’Conor and Gareth Stokes take a wider view of AI regulation and where the balance lies, sharing points that many businesses grapple with today. In Dubai recently, we were struck by the pace of AI adoption and the easy acceptance that AI is already 100% normal within people’s lives. In the UAE tens of…