News & Analysis as of

United Kingdom Websites Online Platforms

Mayer Brown

The Online Safety Act Enters Phase 2

Mayer Brown on

The UK's Online Safety Act (the "Act") is a transformative piece of legislation and is introducing extensive online safety obligations for user-to-user services, search services and pornography platforms. The Act encompasses...more

Hogan Lovells

Annual update on .UK domain names suspended for criminal activity

Hogan Lovells on

Nominet, the Registry responsible for running the .UK country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD), has published its annual report on .UK domain names that have been suspended due to criminal activity. The report covers the 12...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

UK Increases Child Safety Online

In September 2023, the UK Online Safety Bill, which seeks to increase online safety and security, particularly child safety when using various online platforms, passed its final parliamentary debate. On October 26, the bill...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Flagship Online Safety Bill Moves Closer to Enactment in the UK: Who Will Be in Scope and What Will It Require?

The Online Safety Bill (OSB or Bill) passed its final reading in the UK’s Parliament in September 2023. The Bill will become law in the coming weeks, ushering in a new era for the regulation of digital services in the UK....more

Hogan Lovells

The Online Safety Bill in final form: What’s on Ofcom’s to-do list

Hogan Lovells on

The UK’s Online Safety Bill has been approved by Parliament and is expected to become law in mid to late October 2023. The regulator Ofcom is in charge of implementing and overseeing the new regulatory regime and industry...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies

The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill was triggered by the high-profile...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Evolution of the UK Online Safety Bill: What’s Next?

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The bill has been introduced into the UK’s Parliament with various amendments to the initial draft published in May 2021, reflecting the extensive feedback received and the challenges in reaching a consensus. In March...more

BakerHostetler

California’s Landmark Age-Appropriate Design Code Act: What You Need to Know

BakerHostetler on

​​​​​​​On Aug. 29, California’s Senate unanimously passed Assembly Bill 2273, known as the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the CA AADC or the Bill). The Bill, which is anticipated to be signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom,...more

WilmerHale

Online Safety Bill Update: civil sanctions prioritized over criminal

WilmerHale on

The U.K. Government recently introduced an updated draft of the Online Safety Bill (the “OSB”) to Parliament. The OSB is the U.K.’s first significant piece of legislation regulating online behavior. ...more

BCLP

Government breaks new ground with revised Online Safety Bill

BCLP on

The latest version of the Online Safety Bill was introduced in the UK’s Parliament on 16 March 2022. It now begins the process of being scrutinised, amended and debated on but it is anticipated that this is the version that...more

WilmerHale

Proposed Addition To UK Online Safety Bill May Fall Short

WilmerHale on

In May 2021, the U.K. government published its draft Online Safety Bill. The bill evidences the U.K.'s attempt to establish itself as a global leader in regulating the internet, with the ambitious goal of making the U.K. "the...more

Jenner & Block

How UK Online Safety Bill May Affect Cos. Around The World

Jenner & Block on

As people around the world are living increasing portions of their lives online, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the triumph of the internet in bringing together people, ideas and opportunities has been brought into...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

VG Bild-Kunst: Practical implications of the CJEU’s latest decision on linking and framing

Latham & Watkins LLP on

This recent CJEU decision raises a number of considerations for content rights holders and for those seeking to link to content online, across both the EU and the UK - Under UK and European laws, the rights of copyright...more

A&O Shearman

UK government publishes details of digital regulation to combat ‘Online Harms’ (UPDATED)

A&O Shearman on

On 15 December 2020, the UK government published its long-awaited proposals “to make the UK a safer place to be online” through its final response to the Online Harms White Paper Proposing a new regulatory framework for...more

A&O Shearman

UK government publishes details of digital regulation to combat ‘Online Harms’

A&O Shearman on

On 15 December 2020, the UK government published its long-awaited proposals “to make the UK a safer place to be online” through its final response to the Online Harms White Paper. Proposing a new regulatory framework for...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Information Requirements for Online Traders in the UK and European Union

Traders selling goods, services, and/or digital content online to consumers in the United Kingdom and the European Union need to comply with laws requiring the provision of certain information as part of the sales process....more

Cooley LLP

Alert: UK Government’s Action Tackles Online Harms

Cooley LLP on

The UK government recently published an interim update on its consultation on proposed legislation to tackle online harms. The legislation will impose a new duty of care on companies that facilitate the sharing of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Academics and Officials Urge FTC Not to Weaken COPPA Protections

On November 1, 2019, a coalition of academics, officials and children’s activists in the United Kingdom issued a letter calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) to prioritize children’s privacy over...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK’s Online Harms Regime Must Be ‘Proportionate’, According to the ICO and Ofcom

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Delicate balance required, as regulators and lobbyist warn of the risks of over-regulation while research indicates users seek greater protection. Both the ICO and the outgoing Chief Executive of Ofcom have sounded a...more

BCLP

DCMS Online Harms white paper and regulation of internet companies

BCLP on

Online content in the UK is to be regulated by a new internet regulator. A white paper consultation was published on 8 April 2019 by the UK government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). The proposals...more

Hogan Lovells

UK House of Lords Select Committee calls for a Digital Authority to regulate the online world

Hogan Lovells on

On 9 March 2019, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications published its report on “Regulating in a digital World”. ...more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Nov. 10th, 2017

Foster Garvey PC on

This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending November 10, 2017 is below. Senator Kobuchar’s recent request for an DOJ and FTC investigation into OTAs’ purportedly anti-competitive practices leads this...more

Hogan Lovells

UK: FCA General Insurance and Protection Sector Views 2017

Hogan Lovells on

The FCA has outlined the current trends, risks and its overall assessment of the General Insurance sector in its 2017 Sector Views, published last week.  ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

BuzzFeed Faces $11 Million in Defamation Suit by British News Agency

Robins Kaplan LLP on

BuzzFeed, the popular independent digital media company, was hit with an $11 million defamation suit in January 2016 by journalist Michael Leidig and Central European News (“CEN”). Leidig and CEN are demanding more than...more

Hogan Lovells

UK, US, HK and China – Access denied: an international perspective on ISP blocking injunctions

Hogan Lovells on

While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more

25 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide