17 Oct, 2024 Breaking news: Ofcom publishes update on Online Safety enforcement By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Today, 17 October 2024, Ofcom published an update on its progress on the UK's new online safety regime, under the Online Safety Act...
29 Nov, 2022 End to end encryption: Will the Online Safety Bill breach human rights laws? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Online Safety Bill is due to make a come-back – Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt has confirmed that it is provisionally due to be...
14 Jul, 2022 Will the UK's controversial Online Safety Bill be salvaged, stripped for parts or scrapped altogether? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Last week, the government's Online Safety Bill was the jewel in the crown of its legislative agenda... but a week is along time in...
07 Jul, 2022 Will the UK's Online Safety Bill be preserved, will it be enhanced, or will it go down with Boris Johnson's (premier)ship? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The House of Commons DMCS Select Committee has issued a report on the Online Safety Bill, calling for amendments to protect the integrity...
27 May, 2022 Secretary of State for DCMS creates TikTok video rapping about Online Safety Bill... you read that right! By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Is it safe to come out yet? No, this isn't a parody - at least I'm pretty sure it isn't a parody. Armando Iannucci stopped making The...
17 Mar, 2022 TOP 5 NEW THINGS we expect to see in the updated Online Safety Bill By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The wait for the updated Online Safety Bill is almost over. This ground-breaking piece of legislation will be introduced in the Commons...
09 Mar, 2022 Future of online advertising: Will the UK government strengthen or strangle the ASA? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor With everything going on in the world and in the news, you would be forgiven for missing this announcement - but if you have anything to...
08 Mar, 2022 Online Safety: UK Government announces tough new measures to tackle scam and fraudulent online ads By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK government has announced an update to the Online Safety Bill, which will see harmful scam ads being brought within the scope of...
04 Feb, 2022 Free webinar: What’s new and what’s next for online safety? AVAILABLE TO VIEW NOW By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Jo Farmer Thank you for joining us for our webinar on the latest developments in relation to the Online Safety Bill, but if you couldn't make the...
28 Jan, 2022 EVENT: What’s new, and what’s next, for online safety? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Online Safety Bill is a radical piece of legislation aimed at “making Britain the safest place in the world to be online”. It will do...
14 Dec, 2021 Hot off the press: Joint Committee's extensive recommendations to improve Online Safety Bill By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Joint Committee responsible for reviewing the controversial Online Safety Bill, has today published its recommendations. The Joint...
06 Sep, 2021 UK's Home Secretary backs 'aggressive' ad campaign attacking end-to-end encrypted messages By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK's Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is not in favour of end-to-end encrypted messaging. End-to-end encryption is a security feature...
07 Jan, 2021 No platform: Social media platforms take decisive action against Trump By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor While the UK government and Ofcom progresses plans for Online Harms laws in the UK, the outgoing US President continues to test the...
04 Jan, 2021 In case you missed it: Stand by for a new online harms regulator... By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Or rather an old regulator with a new job description, because the UK Government has now officially decided to appoint Ofcom as the UK...
19 Nov, 2020 Fake News? UK Government considers ‘Duty of Impartiality’ for social media platforms By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Decisions of where and whether to allow or to block various content on social media sites are extremely important. Such decisions can...