Kicking off our Predictions, Reflections and Resolutions in earnest, Anna Cook and Vik Khurana of Bristows reflect on how technology has featured in society in 2019, touching on announcements by tech companies, investigations by regulators and pitches by political leaders….
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Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore corespondent, reports on the first uses of the Singapore’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)….
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ASA upholds complaint about targeting of online advertising The ASA has upheld a complaint this week relating to an advertisement which appeared on a children’s TV channel for Popjam, a social media site for 7-12 year olds. The complainant was concerned that the advertisement’s encouragement to “get likes and followers to level up” could be…
The Directive aims to modernise consumer law, especially in relation to online trade…
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Peter Leonard on why our thinking about how to control the data ecosystems that smartphones have created is still a work in progress….
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In our first contribution to our Predictions and Reflections for the year Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, reflects on her year in open source software, where it has come from and why it matters for the future….
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Concerns expressed in their report on Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution…
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has first reading in Parliament The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has had its first reading in Parliament. The bill will provides for new powers to ensure that airports modernise their airspace, and fine those that don’t implement changes quickly enough. The bill will also hand…
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Facebook agrees to pay £500,000 fine but does not admit liability…
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