SCL Adjudication Procedure: Update and Launch Plans
A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes in England & Wales…
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Dispute resolution in the era of big data and AI
Charlie Morgan and Rebecca Read give a brief overview of what artificial intelligence (AI) means, assess how process automation and machine learning is having an impact on dispute resolution and what things might look like in future….
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Copyright and E-commerce legislation published in Official Journal
Last week significant EU legislation affecting copyright and consumer law was published in the Official Journal….
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Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019
Regulations implement a new sanctions regime for cyber-attacks…
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Tackling misinformation and disinformation online: thoughts on the Online Harms White Paper
The text of a speech presented by Ashley Hurst, Chair of the SCL Media Group, to the Westminster Media Forum policy conference on why he thinks the Online Harms White Paper and the duty of care is not the answer to online disinformation and why the way forward should be focused on technology and education…
Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #1
The winner of the inaugural SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2019 Winner, Robert Lewis, takes a wide-ranging look at the disparities between the laws regulating social networks and those regulating its users and the traditional media…
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POFMA: Singapore’s anti-fake news law
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore Correspondent, reports on the background and passage of Singapore’s controversial fake news law which has extra territorial consequences…
Airbnb portal is an information society service: AG Opinion in Case C-390/18
Advocate General Szpunar has issued a preliminary opinion in proceedings where the French courts referred the question of whether Airbnb Ireland was a real estate agent and therefore subject to more restrictive French laws….
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High Court rejects judicial review against the ASA over broadband advertising
The High Court has ruled in favour of the Advertising Standards Authority in a judicial review claim brought by Cityfibre….
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Cross-border access to online TV and radio content: new directive adopted by European Council
The new directive aims to make licensing of copyright-protected material contained in such programmes easier so that they can be made available throughout the EU….