19 Jul, 2023 A pivotal year for online safety - a look ahead to the key developments to expect in the rest of 2023 and beyond By Ben Packer Jemma Purslow Rebecca Dickie Naomi Ugoh +1 more... Show less There has been much discussion across the globe over the past couple of years regarding the need to improve safety online. 2023 is the...
17 Mar, 2023 Ofcom motors ahead on online safety: Three trends for online platforms and search services to be aware of By Ben Packer Georgina Kon Jemma Purslow Rebecca Dickie +1 more... Show less While Europe’s Digital Services Act has been finalised with the key obligations set to apply to the biggest platforms later in 2023, the...
11 Jul, 2022 …Ready for it? UK's Ofcom tells firms to start preparing now for the Online Safety Bill By Rebecca Dickie On 6 July 2022, Ofcom published their roadmap to regulating under the Online Safety Bill and an accompanying call for evidence. Here are...
04 Apr, 2022 The UK’s Online Safety Bill: Top 5 things you need to know about the amended version By Ben Packer Rebecca Dickie On 17 March 2022, the UK Government published its highly anticipated re-draft of the Online Safety Bill. Standing at 225 pages long (with...
15 Jul, 2021 Cooperation in digital regulation in the UK? By Rebecca Dickie The CMA, Ofcom, ICO and the FCA have agreed to work more closely together in respect of digital regulation through the Digital Regulation...
24 Oct, 2020 Learn to fly: Ofcom releases the flight manual for the VSP regime By Rebecca Dickie In the summer we published a post (see here) on the UK’s new regulatory regime for UK based video sharing platforms (VSPs), which is due...
23 Sep, 2020 Should we regulate Big Tech like we regulate big banks? By Rebecca Dickie Momentum is building in many jurisdictions to find a new way to regulate Big Tech and to move away from the self-regulation model. But...
02 Sep, 2020 Blame it on me: Would criminal liability for senior managers work for online harms? By Rebecca Dickie In its Online Harms White Paper, the UK government stated that it is considering imposing liability on individual senior managers for...