The European Commission has sent a request for information to YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok under the Digital Services Act, asking them to provide more information on the design and functioning of their recommender systems. Under the DSA, platforms must assess and adequately mitigate risks stemming from their recommender systems, including risks for the mental health…
Coimisiún na Meán adopts final Online Safety Code
Coimisiún na Meán has published its finalised Online Safety Code. The Code sets binding rules applying to video-sharing platforms who have their EU headquarters in Ireland. The general obligations contained in the Code will apply from November 2024 and platforms will have an implementation period for certain detailed provisions, which require IT build, to come…
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UK government unveils new Data (Use and Access) Bill
A new Data (Use and Access) Bill has been introduced to the UK parliament with the aim of unlocking the secure and effective use of data for the public interest. This follows previous attempts at amending UK data protection law under the previous government. Improving public services The Bill aims to use the power of…
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Ofcom consults on fees and penalties under online safety regime
The Online Safety Act requires that Ofcom’s operating costs for the online safety regime are covered by providers of regulated services through a fees regime, and that the calculation of fees should be based on providers’ qualifying worldwide revenue (QWR). The Act also stipulates that the same determination of QWR for fees is also used…
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Generative AI: Redefining Access To Justice
Amanda Chaboryk examines how policies and organisations may need to adapt if generative AI is to be used to improve access to justice. Introduction The legal field has consistently faced a growing and essential demand for innovation to tackle persistent issues related to access to justice. At a high level, the primary factors that impact access…
This Week’s Techlaw News Round-up
UK law Court of Appeal rules that UK courts can grant declaration for interim FRAND licence The Court of Appeal recently delivered its ruling in the case of Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology UK Limited & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1143. The case involved standard essential patents owned by the complainant (Panasonic) and was…
European Data Protection Board holds its latest plenary
During its latest plenary, the EDPB adopted an Opinion on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s), Guidelines on legitimate interest, a Statement on laying down additional procedural rules for GDPR enforcement and the EDPB work programme 2024-2025. It adopted an Opinion on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and…
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UK Regulatory Innovation Office launched
The UK government is launching a new Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO), which aims to reduce the burden for businesses hoping to bring new products and services to the market in some of the UK’s fastest-growing sectors. The RIO will support regulators to update regulation, with the aim of speeding up approvals, and ensuring different regulatory…
The UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill – a different approach to NIS2 or a British sister act?
It wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration to say that NIS2 is the acronym on everyone’s lips (at least in public sector IT circles that is). When coupled with its European sister legislation DORA, we encounter a regulatory twosome that makes the GDPR feellike yesterday’s news. And appropriately so given the EU’s second Network and…
Some comebacks work: the reformed Public Sector Tech Group
Mark O’Conor and Nick de Lacy Brown, co-chairs of the revived Public Sector Tech Group, on the reasons for the initiative and what the Group seeks to achieve. There has never been a more exciting time to work in technology law – we all know that. But it is not just the private sector taking…
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