The Online Safety Act (the OSA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is now in force.
The OSA establishes an extensive regulatory framework for providers of online user-to-user services and search services with...more
8/16/2024
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The amended bill aims to safeguard freedom of expression whilst still protecting children and adult users in the online environment.
The Online Safety Bill (the Bill) was introduced by the UK government on 17 March 2022....more
The proposals includes fines for non-compliance of up to the greater of £18 million or 10% of a provider’s annual global revenue.
On 12 May 2021, the UK government published the Online Safety Bill (the Bill), which aims...more
6/28/2021
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Organisations face fines of up to 10% of annual global turnover or £18 million (whichever the greater) for failure to comply.
On 15 December 2020, the UK government published its full response to the Online Harms White...more
2/24/2021
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While the popular press has been full of stories about the European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) ruling creating a “right to be forgotten” (ahead of the still pending Data Protection Regulation), we will focus on both the...more