Nov 28, 2024 Ofcom warns social media platforms to use stricter age verification or face penalties By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has issued a stern warning to social media companies, emphasising the need for robust age verification...
Oct 17, 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...
Jul 18, 2024 New York Adopts Legislation to Protect Kids’ Privacy By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Emily Catron The New York State Legislature has passed two significant laws designed to protect children’s and teen’s privacy: the Stop Addictive...
Mar 25, 2024 Online Safety Act: Ofcom consults on a range of 'new duties' to be imposed on higher-risk platforms and services By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor As many regular readers will appreciate, under the Online Safety Act, all in-scope tech firms are required to put in place appropriate...
Oct 27, 2023 Timetable for enforcement: The Online Safety Act is here, so what happens now? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Now that the Act has received Royal Assent, it is largely up to Ofcom, as regulator, to help define the expectations on companies, and...
Oct 26, 2023 The Online Safety Bill (finally) becomes the Online Safety Act By Fiona Vickerstaff Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Today, the Online Safety Bill received Royal Assent and became law in the form of the Online Safety Act. In the words of Technology...
Nov 29, 2022 Online Safety Bill - Once more unto the breach! By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Online Safety Bill will be returning to parliament next Monday. The government has announced several significant changes to it,...
Nov 29, 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...
Oct 28, 2022 The Digital Markets & Digital Services double Act take the stage By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor As the Digital Markets Act comes into force and the Digital Services Act gets the green light, is your business ready for these radical...
Sep 01, 2022 Key Takeaways from our Keeping Children Safe Online Webinar By Lee Ramsay Bryony LongNick Allan were delighted to welcome experts Daniel Goldberg and Gregory Boyd from Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and Dominic...
Jul 14, 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...
Jul 07, 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...
May 27, 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...
Mar 17, 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...
Mar 09, 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...
Mar 08, 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...