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Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Navigating the UK’s Online Safety Act: Implications for Global Digital Services

The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA or the Act), which received Royal Assent in October 2023, establishes a new statutory framework to address harmful online content, protect children, and promote accountability among...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

UK Considers How to Tackle Trend of Social Media Influencers Promoting Counterfeit Products

Following the success of the previous blog post “A Brief Overview of the Metaverse and the Legal Challenges It Will Present,” we are introducing a new feature for the Tech & Sourcing blog: “Future Watch.” Our Future Watch...more

Foster Garvey PC

Online Travel Update: Trivago Is Fined for Misleading Room Rates; Travel Influencers Are Under a Legal Microscope; and the U.K....

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We begin this week’s Update with the promised overview of the DOJ’s recent guidance on the ADA and website accessibility. Enjoy....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

CMA Orders Meta to Divest GIPHY

On November 30, 2021, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that the acquisition by Facebook (now Meta) of GIPHY, a deal which was originally signed in April 2020 and completed in May 2020, would reduce...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Like the FTC Before It, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority Puts Influencers on Alert

Be clear. Be open. Be upfront. That’s what influencers need to do to build a following. But those same standards could just as easily describe the legal guidelines applicable to influencers Fall short, and influencers may...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: Celebrities and Influencers Remain Regulator Targets

The British government agency that regulates advertising, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), recently sent a wave of warning letters to British celebrities and other social media influencers, including Rita Ora,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 8, Issue 1

The Decline and Fall of the Section 230 Safe Harbor? - 2016 was a tough year for a lot of reasons, most of which are outside the scope of this blog (though if you’d like to hear our thoughts about Bowie, Prince or...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

UK Consumer Protection Regulator Cracks Down on Undisclosed Endorsements and “Cherry Picking” Reviews on Social Media

Social media is reportedly rife with influencers promoting or reviewing products or services without disclosing compensation or other consideration that they’ve received for such endorsements. The Competition and Markets...more

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