Tapnet Ltd, which provides the online adult video service RevealMe, has introduced age verification measures, after Ofcom raised concerns that it was not taking adequate measures to prevent children from being able to access pornography on its platform. Under the video sharing legislation, video-sharing platforms established in the UK are required to take measures to…
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The European Commission has welcomed the political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Cyber Resilience Act, which was originally proposed by the Commission in September 2022. The Cyber Resilience Act (which is an EU Regulation) aims to improve the level of cybersecurity of digital products by introducing proportionate mandatory cybersecurity requirements…
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Ofcom has published its next consultation regarding the Online Safety Act 2023 about age assurance. Part 5 of the Act imposes specific duties on service providers that display or publish pornographic content on their online services. These include the duty to implement age assurance to ensure that children are not normally able to encounter such…
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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…
Historical events have always influenced the law and legal practice, which by their nature must adapt to societal and technological changes. For this 50th Anniversary edition of the magazine, Maulik Mittal revisits a time when computers were just becoming a fundamental part of everyday life, and how the Y2K Bug (and especially the reaction and…
As 2023 starts to draw to a close, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Cyber landscape as it is and more specifically, threat actors that have been prevalent over the past year. With lower barriers to entry and an expansive risk environment, the cost of cyber-crime has reached £6.6 billion, surpassing…
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Last week, the European Commission informed Adobe of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of Figma may reduce competition in the global markets for the supply of interactive product design software and of other creative design software. The CMA has now provisionally found that Adobe’s deal to buy Figma would be likely to harm…
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The Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 22 November 2023. It provides that the UK government will create an AI Authority which will monitor the use and regulation of AI in the UK. It further sets out that regulation of AI should deliver safety, security and robustness;…
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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…
The Chancellor has issued his Autumn Statement, including the following announcements of interest to tech lawyers. The government is exploring the use of cutting-edge technologies, including quantum, in the public sector. The National Quantum Computing Centre is supporting government and industry to explore how quantum computing could be applied and the government has launched a…