The Online Safety Bill completed its long passage through Parliament on 19 September, though Royal Assent is still awaited. The debate to consider the final amendments was in the Lords and can be read on Hansard. Of note was the addition of Clauses 116 to 118, which relate to the disclosure of information by Ofcom,…
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UK law Social media platforms required to tackle animal cruelty under amendments to Online Safety Bill The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs have tabled an amendment to the Online Safety Bill. The amendment states that social media platforms will be required to remove content encouraging…
UK law House of Lords completes third reading of Online Safety Bill The House of Lords has completed the examination of the Online Safety Bill during its third reading on 6 September 2023. The UK government put forward various amendments before third reading on subjects which included parliamentary scrutiny, remote participants in Ofcom and age…
The European Commission has designated six gatekeepers: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft under the Digital Markets Act. In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance with the DMA obligations for each of their designated core platform services….
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The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has issued a report on the governance of AI. It says that the recent rate of development has made debates regarding the governance and regulation of AI less theoretical, more significant, and more complex. It has also generated intense interest in how public policy can and should respond to…
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The UK government has launched a consultation on consumer law reform while the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill continues its passage through parliament. The consultation covers five areas of consumer law, some of which are or more interest to tech lawyers than others. The five areas are: display of pricing information (reform of the…
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UK law High Court rules on trade mark case In E-Accounting Solutions Limited and another v Global Infosys Ltd and another [2023] EWHC 2038 (Ch), the High Court held that the trade mark ADVANCE TRACK (which was registered for accountancy services) was infringed by the use of the keyword “advancetrack” in internet advertising for identical…
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a warning to organisations to use alternatives to the blind carbon copy (BCC) email function when sending emails containing sensitive personal information, following several high profile data breaches by organisations. The warning accompanies new guidance from the ICO to help organisations understand the law and good practice around protecting…
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The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Selected Committee has published the second of two reports on connected technologies. The first was published in early August. It said that users must be given clear information about, and a fair chance to understand, the basis on which their data is used and how to…
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The CMA is investigating a revised deal for Microsoft to buy Activision following its rejection of the previous proposed deal. Microsoft has proposed a new structure to the deal under which it will not acquire the cloud streaming rights to all current and future Activision games released during the next 15 years (excluding in the…
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