UK law UK government issues update on AI action plan for justice The Ministry of Justice has issued an update on the first year of progress against the AI Action Plan for Justice and priorities for the year ahead. Published in July 2025, the AI Action Plan for Justice set out the Ministry of Justice’s…
The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network has launched action related to nine video games companies, with the aim to strengthen protection of gamers’ rights. The CPC Network is made up of national consumer law regulators. It is coordinated by the European Commission and acts against consumer law breaches that affect many people and involve more…
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Using its powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, the CMA designated Google with strategic market status in general search and search advertising services in October 2025. In early 2026, the CMA consulted on various conduct requirements, which included user choice, data portability, fair ranking and a requirement giving publishers the control…
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The UK Government has announced that it is introducing new legislation on nude images. The legislation is designed to strengthen protections on devices and platforms to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images, in an effort to tackle grooming, exploitation and abuse. The measures would legally require technology companies to add stronger safeguards…
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Andy Burnham and Ursula Van der Leyen give speeches in New York on AI and child online safety The Prime Minister and European Commission President have given speeches in New York. Andy Burnham presented AI and disinformation as increasingly interconnected national-security and democratic-resilience challenges, describing how bots, fake websites, falsified media and other techniques spread…
The European Commission has adopted the EU KIDS Act with the aim of improving online safety for children in the EU. The proposal bans social media platforms from accessing children under the age of 13 and sets 15 as the EU-wide minimum age for minors to open an account of their own. Under the proposals,…
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Coimisiún na Meán has started the first formal investigation under Ireland’s Online Safety Code, into the provider of the X online platform. Following reviews by the Coimisiún’s platform supervision team, concerns arose in relation to the potential ineffective implementation of age assurance mechanisms by X. Under the Online Safety Code, age assurance is required on…
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The European Parliament has issued a resolution which calls for stronger EU-wide measures to protect children and young people online, including restrictions on addictive design, greater algorithmic transparency, privacy-preserving age assurance and tighter controls around AI companions and synthetic intimate content. MEPs called for an “integrated European strategy” under which responsibility for online safety would…
UK law Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal strikes off lawyer for use of AI (among other things) In SRA Ltd v Abhishek Kumar (Case 12884), the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered Kumar to be struck off the register of Registered Foreign Lawyers, following findings relating both to a criminal conviction for knowingly employing a person disqualified from employment…
UK law Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill introduced to House of Lords The Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords. The Bill would require social media companies operating in the United Kingdom to obtain a licence from Ofcom, empower Ofcom to set and enforce binding conditions on…