Jun 22, 2023 Media Commission in Ireland announces its plans for online safety and implementation of the Digital Services Act for 2023 By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Michael Twomey +1 more... Show less On 20 June, the Media Commission in Ireland (Commission), three months after its establishment under the Online Safety and Media...
Apr 26, 2023 London Book Fair 2023: AI’ll Be Back By Duncan Calow Let’s make one thing clear. This article was not written with the aid of ChatGPT. Although perhaps that is exactly what a truly...
Apr 13, 2023 7 things brands should know about 'de-influencers' By Alex Lowe Claire Sng $21.1 Billion. That is the predicted value of the Influencer Marketing Industry in 2023 according to The Influencer Marketing Benchmark...
Feb 07, 2023 Sexual imagery in advertising: where do you draw the line? By Alex Lowe Hannah Potter John Wilks It is generally accepted that “sex sells”. It has also been claimed that “no publicity is bad publicity”, an idea floating around at...
Jan 30, 2023 Online Safety Bill arrives at the House of Lords By Ally Clark Duncan Calow On 25 January 2023, the Communications and Digital Committee held a one-off session, with Paul Scully the Minister for Tech and Digital...
Jan 16, 2023 Further amendments to the Online Safety Bill not ruled out: Parliament battling over the scope and detail of the Online Safety Bill By Ally Clark Duncan Calow It has been reported that forty-eight Conservative MP’s (including former Conservative Party leader, Sir Ian Duncan Smith, and former...
Jan 09, 2023 The return of the Online Safety Bill By Ally Clark Duncan Calow The draft Online Safety Bill (the Bill), the Government’s flagship proposal for legislation regulating online content (…originally...
Nov 09, 2022 ASA Crackdown on Alcohol Ads By Linzi Penman Euan Lumsden In the first six months of 2022 the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) made three rulings on the topic of ‘alcohol’. This jumped to...
Oct 26, 2022 What does the new EU Terrorist Content Regulation mean for Hosting Service Providers? By Emer McEntaggart Darach Connolly On 7 June 2022, a new EU-wide regime to ensure the swift take-down of online terrorist content within one hour – on pain of civil fine –...
Oct 14, 2022 SINGAPORE: Potential new laws on online safety for social media services By Yue Lin Lee Social media companies offering their services in Singapore must be aware of potential new and far-reaching legislation which was...
Oct 13, 2022 Stand-alone class action against Facebook and Google By Chantal Encavey Hamilton v Meta Platforms, Inc [2022] FCA 681, Cheeseman J There has been quiet but significant progress in the David and Goliath battle...
Feb 23, 2022 Exploring the metaverse: What laws will apply? By Tom Ara Mark Radcliffe Michael Fluhr Katherine Imp +1 more... Show less During the last decade, virtual interactions have become an increasingly important part of life for consumers and businesses. This trend...
Jan 25, 2022 The rise of virtual influencers By Elinor Cavil In the latest version of The Economist’s annual “The World Ahead” feature, virtual influencers are identified as one of the key emerging...
Dec 17, 2021 A new protocol hits content creators, influencers and vloggers (This is not a sponsored post) By Alexis Fierens Elisabeth Daem Emma Stockman On 14 December 2021, the Vlaamse Media Regulator (Flemish Media Regulator, “FMR”) published its so-called Content Creator Protocol...
Mar 11, 2021 Social media and hate crime: are the UK and EU becoming any safer? By Tom Herbert As social media use became ever more prevalent in society, it was inevitable that without intervention the darker side of the online...
Jan 13, 2021 DLA Piper's Influencer Marketing Guide By Nick Fitzpatrick I'm delighted to introduce the first edition of DLA Piper's Influencer Marketing Guide which has been produced by our international...