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Ofcom Fines Adult Website Provider £1 Million For Not Having Robust Age Checks

In January 2025, Ofcom opened an enforcement programme under the Online Safety Act to monitor compliance with regulated services' duties to implement highly effective...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Toward A Safer Internet: Laws, Limits And The Fight To Enforce Them

A global trend is emerging — governments are doing more to proactively implement online safety regimes.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The UK's New Cyber Security And Resilience Bill

The UK government has recently introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to Parliament, with the objective of strengthening the UK's defences against cyber threats to systems most critical to daily life.

United Kingdom Technology

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Travers Smith LLP

UK Foreign, Commonwealth And Development Office And Initiative For Digital Inclusion To Host Technical Conference On Effective Right Of Way (ROW) Administration And Planning Permits For Masts And Towers

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom Government and the Initiative for Digital Inclusion (IDI) in partnership with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF)...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Greenfields Law

Digitization: Seeing Value From Digital Twins

United Kingdom Technology

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KPMG

Physical Property Damage From Cyber Incidents: Implications For Insurers

United Kingdom Insurance

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Browne Jacobson

Deforestation Regulation: More Changes And Possible Delays Likely

European Union Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Online Safety Act In Action: Ofcom Targets Platforms Failing To Block Child Abuse Material

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Logan & Partners

UK's ICO Issues A £14 Million Fine For Poor Data Security – Thoughts For GCs And CISOs

United Kingdom Privacy

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Ropes & Gray LLP

'What Is Illegal Offline, Must Be Illegal Online': Cyberflashing And The Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Online Safety Codes Require Age Verification For Explicit Content

United Kingdom Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Rise Of Shadow AI: Risk Or Opportunity?

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

What's Up With WhatsApp Contracts?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

ICO Launches Consultation On Draft Guidance For Consumer IoT Products And Services

United Kingdom Privacy

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Lewis Silkin

Legal Consideration For Hotels: Planning (Video)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Mondaq Spotlight: Navigating The UK's New Immigration Landscape (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

The UKIPO's Consultation On Changes To UK Design Law And Its Possible Impact On Fashion Designs (Podcast)

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Should You Label Your Next Fund? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Boardroom Agility—Strategies For Modern Boards Managing Crises, Compliance & Collective Responsibility (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

The Online Safety Act: Where The Rubber Meets The Road

As the UK's online safety legislation is finally brought into force, Megan Curzon outlines the key duties on in-scope services, Ofcom's regulatory priorities, its approach to enforcement and what lies ahead...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Ofcom Sets Out Fees And Penalties Regime Under The Online Safety Act

Following consultation, Ofcom has set out how it intends to set the fees and maximum penalties that will apply under the Online Safety Act.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Ofcom Consults On Additional Online Safety Measures

Ofcom is consulting on proposals for a series of additional safety measures to strengthen Its "first-edition" Codes of practice on Illegal Content and the Protection of Children.

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

UK Government Publishes Final Priorities For Online Safety Regulation

The UK government has published its final statement of strategic priorities (SSP) for online safety.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Higgs LLP In Conversation With Richard Cox, Managing Director, Langley Business Systems (Podcast)

United Kingdom Law Performance

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Higgs LLP

What Have We Learned From Over $1bn Of Cloud And Infrastructure Optimization?

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

New Online Super-complaint Regime Due In Force From 31 December 2025 Under The Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Ofcom Opens Nine New Investigations Under Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Cyber Risks In Your Supply Chain – Where Is Your Weakest Link?

United Kingdom Privacy

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Travers Smith LLP

From Cost Center To Value Center: Making Tech Investments CFO-friendly

United Kingdom Strategy

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AlixPartners

When A Tweet Becomes A Crime: What The Lucy Connolly Case Says About Online Hatred (20 May 2025)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Walking The Talk, Ofcom's Online Safety Act Enforcement

United Kingdom Privacy

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

'Kicking' Things Off... Ofcom Launches New Investigations Under Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK's Online Safety: Ofcom Fines OnlyFans Provider £1.05 Million

United Kingdom Media & IT

LP

Logan & Partners

When A Tweet Becomes A Crime: What The Lucy Connolly Case Says About Online Hatred (20 May 2025)

Can something you type in anger really land you in prison? The short answer is: yes. And Lucy Connolly has now learned that the hard way—twice.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Walking The Talk, Ofcom's Online Safety Act Enforcement

Back in March 2025, we published an article highlighting that Ofcom will be turning up the heat to ramp up pressure...

United Kingdom Privacy

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

'Kicking' Things Off... Ofcom Launches New Investigations Under Online Safety Act

Ofcom has recently launched new investigations under the Online Safety Act 2023.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

UK's Online Safety: Ofcom Fines OnlyFans Provider £1.05 Million

The UK's Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) introduces a new legal framework to make the internet safer, especially for children. It places firm duties on online service providers...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Logan & Partners

Evaluating Legacy Overhauls: Risks And Rewards For Executive Teams

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

Online Safety: Ofcom Publishes Final Guidance On Protecting Children

According to Ofcom, three in five teenagers have seen harmful content online in a four week period and children describe online content on suicide and self harm as being "prolific".

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Is AI Going To Kill Real Music?

What do Elton John, Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Sting and Dua Lipa all have in common apart from great music? The answer is they have all objected to use of music for training...

Worldwide Technology

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Rouse

Optimizing Technology Spend And Creating A Roadmap For Sustained Profitability

Every CFO knows how technology spend tends to accelerate, typically faster than revenue growth.

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

How Might Viral Claims From Chinese Manufacturers Impact The Luxury Goods Market?

Over the last few days, the internet (and particularly TikTok) has been ablaze with claims from factories in China that they are the original manufacturers of a wide variety of luxury goods...

United Kingdom Consumer

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Marks & Clerk

What Are The Key Proposed Changes Expected In The Cyber Security And Resilience Bill?

United Kingdom Technology

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Gowling WLG

Colocation Data Centre Services – Key Points To Consider In Drafting Colocation Services Agreements

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Ofcom Launches First Investigation Of Illegal Harms

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

UK Online Safety Act: A Guide To Children's Access Assessments For Service Providers

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Logan & Partners

UK Targets Russian Cybercrime With New Sanctions

Worldwide Technology

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Harneys

Talking Tech Special: (Re)thinking Externalised Rating From An IT Perspective (Podcast)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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WTW

AlixPartners European Fibre Survey 2025

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

How To Conduct An Illegal Content Risk Assessment For The Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Logan & Partners

What Is 'Harmful Content' And What Are The Key Duties Under The Online Safety Act To Protect Children Online?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Online Harms – Enforcement Begins In 2025

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Legal Implications Of The UK's Online Safety Act On Age Verification For Online Service Providers

United Kingdom Privacy

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Logan & Partners

Not All Data Centres Are Equal: How Facilities Are Becoming Increasingly Use-Case Specific

United Kingdom Technology

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Gowling WLG

ICO Consults On 'Storage And Access' (Cookies) Guidance

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Beyond The Console: Video Gaming's Cloud Revolution

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

EU DORA: Are You In Scope, And If So, How Can You Prepare?

European Union Technology

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King & Spalding LLP

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