Miscellaneous

European Commission wants terrorist content removed from websites within one hour….

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Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on smart contracts as “Smart contracts promise to revolutionise the way we do business, but parties might not yet be certain how the law will apply to them. We believe there is a compelling case for reviewing the law in this area”…

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Ben Evans thinks it might be a good time to resolve to help trade mark owners combat keyword advertising. We aim to publish a more detailed look at this topic in the New Year….

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Lee Gluyas and Leah Grolman with some predictions on seven key tech law issues that will generate contention and disputes in 2021 and beyond….

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Government says “The online harms regime will improve users’ safety online, build public trust in digital services, support innovation and drive digital and economic growth”….

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Proposals are “ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other online platforms that operate in the EU”….

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William Hooper, with some help from one the most memorable TV science programmes of the 70’s, looks ahead to a return to normality, greater platform regulation and more….

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Professor Chris Marsden still thinks there will be a mini-cyberlaw boom as we adjust to the post-Brexit era….

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In her video predictions looking ahead to 2021, Kelsey Farish raises an eyebrow at continued paper talk on regulating AI in the face of the threat posed by deepfakes….

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Tom Whittaker and David Varney ponder what the courts might do in determining liability for actions taken by machine learning….

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