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….
Telecoms & the Internet
Eurobarometer survey published on awareness of rules about geo-blocking
A Eurobarometer survey has been published which shows that EU citizens are aware of the geo-blocking rules…
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Law around non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images to be reviewed
The UK government has asked the Law Commission to review the law around around non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images….
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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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Directed Acyclic Graphs: the need for attention from data protection authorities
Anne Rose explains an evolution in distributed ledger technology and raises some potential GDPR pitfalls…
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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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Age-verification for online pornography delayed by up to six months
Failure to notify EU to blame…
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EVENT REPORT: Back to Basics – The Technology: 9 Key Takeaways
Gerald Brent picks out his own personal highlights from our recent Back to Basics: The Technology event…
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CJEU: web-based email not an electronic communications service
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Google LLC v Bundesrepublik Deutschland Case C-193/18 that web-based email is not an electronic communications service….
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Techsplainer: 5G (and a brief history of 1 to 4)
In our regular column explaining the terminology behind the tech, the SCL’s resident geek, Simon Forrester, recounts the technological history leading to 5G….
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