21 Aug, 2024 "Stay on Target" - What all advertisers need to know about targeting on social media By Alex Lowe Your creative team have just worked on a fantastic new campaign and your digital team can't wait to share the assets on social media. Of...
30 May, 2024 Changes to Italy advertising law: new rules regarding influencers and charitable contributions By Elena Varese A perceived increase in misleading or ambiguous advertising and a lack of transparency regarding charitable contributions has raised...
04 Dec, 2023 Big Tech signs "Online Fraud Charter" with the UK Government - the latest initiative to tackle online fraud and illegal ads By Harry Jefferies On 30 November, major tech companies, including Meta, Google and Microsoft, signed a voluntary agreement with the UK Government under...
24 Oct, 2023 Ad-free social media (at a cost!) - will it work? By Harry Jefferies It has been widely reported in the media that Meta plans to respond to adverse court rulings against its advertising practices by...
22 Jun, 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...
26 Apr, 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...
13 Apr, 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...
07 Feb, 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...
30 Jan, 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...
16 Jan, 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...
09 Jan, 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...
09 Nov, 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...
26 Oct, 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 –...
14 Oct, 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...
13 Oct, 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...
23 Feb, 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...