CMA launches digital markets strategy and opens market study into online platforms and digital advertising
The CMA has launched its digital markets strategy and has opened a market study into online platforms and digital advertising….
Publishing & social media
Select Committee publishes report on the Online Harms White Paper
Select Committee calls for urgent legislation to safeguard future elections and new power of veto….
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Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #2
In the second of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners, runner-up Jordan Briggs thinks technology could provide the answers to the problem of harmful content….
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CMA expects Facebook and eBay to tackle sale of fake online reviews
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a programme of work aimed at tackling fake and misleading online reviews…
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EU introduces transparency obligations for online platforms
The Council of the European Union has adopted new rules seeking to establish a legal framework that guarantees transparent terms and conditions for business users of online platforms…
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Adtech: ICO wants to see changes in how personal data is used in real time bidding
The ICO has published an update report on adtech and real time bidding and will review progress towards the end of the year…
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Age-verification for online pornography delayed by up to six months
Failure to notify EU to blame…
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The GDPR is not standing still: key developments one year on
The General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for a year. But data protection law doesn’t stand still. One year on, Martin Sloan rounds-up some of the key, ongoing issues….
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The Buivids Debate: why the CJEU decision isn’t wrong and why the GDPR is out of date
In the April issue of Computers and Law, Neil Brown questioned the thinking behind the CJEU decision in Buivids. In this response Matthew Holman comes to their rescue and argues that their thinking was right but suggests we need to look for new ways to regulate individuals in today’s content sharing culture….
AG Opinion in Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook: Facebook may need to delete ‘equivalent’ defamatory comments
The Advocate General rules in case C-18/18 Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Limited that Facebook can be required by a court to seek and identify all comments identical to a defamatory comment that has been found to be illegal…