19 Feb, 2024 Where now for online safety? The Online Safety Act and Ofcom’s consultations By Rory Coutts Fred Cascarini Following the Online Safety Act receiving Royal Assent on the 26th October 2023, the UK has taken a decisive step in requiring providers...
13 May, 2021 Draft Online Safety Bill published: landmark legislation set to be considered by MPs By Bryony Hurst Yesterday the UK government published its eagerly anticipated draft Online Safety Bill. The Bill must go through MP scrutiny before it...
04 Feb, 2021 Online Harms Series: The Regulator By William Wortley In its initial response to the White Paper published in February 2020, the government indicated that it was “minded” to appoint Ofcom as...
06 Jan, 2021 A New Year, a new approach to digital regulation: the DSA and Online Harms By Bryony Hurst Whilst many lawyers are busy doing their best to guide clients through the unfathomable challenges posed by Brexit and the ongoing...
16 Dec, 2020 Online Harms in the UK: Significant new obligations for online companies and fines of up to 10% of annual global turnover for breach By Bryony Hurst Yesterday the UK government published its long-anticipated final response to the Online Harms White Paper. Partner Bryony Hurst and...
08 Oct, 2020 Assessment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation By Maisie Briggs On the 10th September 2020, the EU Commission published its assessment on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation has been...
08 Aug, 2019 What a future without social media ‘likes’ could mean for industry By Bryony Gold As Instagram announces that it is considering removing the platform's public 'like' counts, Bryony Gold considers the impact that a...
21 Jun, 2019 The Online Harms White Paper: whatever happened to online-offline equivalence? By Graham Smith Graham Smith provides the next article in our series on Online Harms White Paper series, considering the fate of online-offline...
17 Jun, 2019 The Online Harms White Paper: Duty of care in the context of online harms By Bryony Hurst In a further instalment of our mini-series on the Online Harms White Paper ("OHWP"), Bryony Hurst examines some of the potential...
07 May, 2019 Global regulation threatens to take a bite out of the FAANGs By Bryony Hurst As legislators and regulators around the world ramp up the pressure on tech and internet giants, Bryony Hurst explains the key...
17 Apr, 2019 MediaBytes – the last month on MediaWrites: data mining, Netflix and online harms By Katrina Baxter In the first instalment of our new video series, MediaBytes, Katrina Baxter talks to the authors of some recent posts which have been...