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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The “TAKE IT DOWN Act” Goes Up to President Trump’s Desk for Signature

On April 28, 2025, Congress passed the “TAKE IT DOWN Act.” In addition to criminalizing intentional publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including computer-generated intimate imagery (collectively, NCII), the bill...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Online Safety Bill – An Expansion of Criminal Liability for Tech Bosses

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded a point to rebel Conservative MPs who were backing an amendment to the Online Safety Bill (the “OSB”) this week, which may result in executives at technology companies facing...more

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Online Safety Bill Update: civil sanctions prioritized over criminal

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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

Hogan Lovells

UK government publishes updated Online Safety Bill

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On 17 March 2022, the UK Government introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament. The Online Safety Bill will regulate providers of: services which host user-generated content online; services which facilitate online...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK’s Proposed “Online Harms” Compliance and Enforcement Regime Will Target Platforms

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UK publishes White Paper with hard-hitting regulatory proposals to tackle online harms. On 8 April 2019, the Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published an “Online Harms White Paper”,...more

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