Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 3) Regulations 2024 made, ICO publishes updated Opinion on age assurance for the Children’s code, ICO fines HelloFresh £140,000 for sending spam marketing and other techlaw UK and EU news not covered elsewhere on the SCL website….
CMA sets out approach to new digital markets regime, House of Lords committee examines Automated Vehicle Bill and other techlaw news not covered elsewhere on the SCL website….
Court of Appeal confirms that use of Amazon IP complaints procedure can be threat of patent infringement, High Court considers misuse of email list by former employee and other techlaw news not covered elsewhere on the SCL website….
Ofcom publishes report on how VSPs protect children from accessing harmful videos, ASA consults on implementation of new rules on “less healthy” food and drink advertisements, Joint Select Committee on National Security issues report on ransomware and other UK and EU techlaw news not covered elsewhere on the SCL website….
UK law CMA wins appeal in Apple case The Court of Appeal has upheld the CMA’s decision to launch a market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming, overturning a pervious ruling quashing the investigation. The unanimous judgment overturned the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s previous decision. In March 2023 which upheld an appeal by Apple and…
UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2023 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1242) have been made. They brought sections 114(2) and (7) of the Online Safety Act 2023 into force on 22 November 2023. Section 114(1) of the Act grants Ofcom an express power…
As the sun rises, a worker prepares for yet another gruelling day at work. For eight hours, their weary eyes confront a barrage of disturbing posts that plunge into the abyss of humanity’s darkest corners: texts, videos and images of suicides, beheadings, explicit sexual acts and other harmful content demand their unwavering attention. They are…
Mauricio Figueroa ponders what will happen to the avatars of the dead in the metaverse….
Online platforms: MEPs outline their priorities for the future Digital Services Act The European Parliament Internal Market Committee has discussed its first draft recommendations to the EU Commission on how digital services, including online platforms, should be regulated. The future Digital Services Act (DSA) should contribute to the strengthening of the internal market by ensuring…
Fears raised in their new report on the use of AI in recruitment and which proposes use of an Equality Impact Assessment…
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