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Ofcom consults about public service content and accessibility on connected TV platforms
Ofcom is consulting on its proposed code of practice setting out the recommended actions that connected TV providers can take to ensure that public service broadcasters’ (PSBs) online players, and the public service content and public service channels they include, are prominent on their platforms. The code of practice also includes recommendations on the actions…
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UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/1352 have been made. They amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023, adding offences under section 184 of the OSA 2023 (encouraging or assisting…
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UK law UK government publishes progress report on copyright and AI The government has published a progress statement about its work to date on copyright and AI. The statement also explains the steps it is taking to prepare a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems; and an economic…
Irish Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence publishes First Interim Report
The Irish parliamentary Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence has published its First Interim Report. The Committee was formed to examine and make recommendations on Ireland’s approach to the development, deployment, regulation, and ethical considerations of AI, and on the means of ensuring that the approach supports economic growth, innovation, public trust, and societal benefit while…
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European Commission publishes first draft of Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content
The European Commission has issued the first draft of the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content which it says is in line with the timeline to finalise the Code in June 2026. Article 50 of the AI Act includes obligations for providers to mark AI-generated or manipulated content in a machine-readable…
ICO to examine how mobile games protect children’s online privacy
The ICO has announced that it will be scrutinising how popular games played by childrenprotect online privacy. 90% of UK children play games on digital devices and the ICO will belaunching a monitoring programme targeting 10 popular mobile games. The review willassess games’ compliance with default privacy settings, their geolocation controls and theirtargeted advertising practices….
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UK law ICO updates on action improving cookie compliance across top UK websites The ICO has provided an update on its work to tackle cookie compliance, which it says has brought the vast majority of the UK’s most used websites into compliance with rules on the use of advertising cookies. The ICO focused on three…
European Data Protection Board issues recommendations on user accounts and comments on Digital Omnibus
During its latest plenary meeting, the EDPB adopted recommendations on the legal basis for requiring the creation of user accounts on e-commerce websites. In addition, the Board had a preliminary discussion on the Digital Omnibus proposal and appointed the new EDPB Deputy Chair. Recommendation on creating user accounts on websites The Board says that Internet…
European Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
In the first compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA)., the European Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the DSA. The breaches include the deceptive design of its “blue tick”, the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access…
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