12/11/2025 4:51:26 PM What’s that coming over the hill? – Ofcom’s Heavy Fines for Age Assurance Failures By Terry Green Larry Wong Ofcom has stepped up the pressure, firstly, by issuing two new sets of fines, with one reaching up to £1,050,000 for failure to implement...
12/9/2025 2:12:59 PM YouTube’s New Expressive Captions: A Clearer Step Toward Inclusion By Tim Dixon YouTube is rolling out Expressive Captions, a meaningful upgrade to its automatic captioning system. Instead of plain text that simply...
11/20/2025 2:07:03 PM Lessons Learnt from Ofcom's First Enforcement of the Online Safety Act - Lessons from 4chan By Terry Green Larry Wong Since the Online Safety Act’s (OSA) first requirements came into force in January 2025, Ofcom has published its first confirmation...
10/20/2025 5:04:40 PM Updates to California Privacy Laws: New Compliance Deadlines and Requirements By Gary A. Kibel Jeremy Merkel California’s privacy regulators and legislature have been incredibly active over the past few weeks. As a trailblazer in U.S. privacy...
10/13/2025 10:35:18 PM California Enacts Landmark Age Verification, Social Media Warning, and AI Chatbot Safety Laws By Emma Smizer Last month, I wrote about an age-verification law that made its way to California Governor Newsom. Today, that bill – and several other...
10/7/2025 2:15:00 PM ‘What is illegal offline, must be illegal online’: Cyberflashing and the Online Safety Act By Terry Green Larry Wong Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has announced that cyberflashing will be categorised as a ‘priority offence’ under the Online Safety Act...
9/12/2025 4:16:57 PM Ofcom Updates Guidance on Protecting People from Online Suicide and Self-Harm Material Amidst Investigation into Suicide Forum By Terry Green Larry Wong In our previous articles on Ofcom’s enforcement under the Online Safety Act (OSA), we examined age-appropriate access and the OSA’s...
9/4/2025 2:07:52 PM When Private Becomes Professional: Italian DPA Sets Limits on Use of Employee Messages By Luca Capone Giuseppe Curtò Davide Borelli Matteo Tola +1 more... Show less In a decision dated 21 May 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) addressed a critical and increasingly frequent...
8/26/2025 8:50:33 AM The EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising Regulation: Guidance to Support the Technical Implementation By Theresa Ehlen Jan Niklas Di Fabio Having entered into force on 9 April 2024, with most provisions set to apply from 10 October 2025, the Transparency and Targeting of...
8/22/2025 9:05:17 AM A (Byrne &) Storm is Brewing – Do Not Ignore the Online Safety Act’s International Reach By Terry Green Larry Wong Earlier this year, as deadlines for online platforms passed to implement highly effective age verification and to conduct risk...
7/31/2025 6:51:20 PM Regulating Medical Advertising in Kenya: What You Need to Know About Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board New Guideline By Taria Khaoma David Opijah In today’s world of flashy social media campaigns and influencer-driven product promotions, medical advertising is under more scrutiny...
7/8/2025 5:10:45 PM ICYMI: June 25th - July 9th By Chris Pardo Strategic mobility programs are most effective when they address both the purpose and the execution of talent movement. While the "why"...
6/27/2025 11:45:41 AM X Bans Hashtags in Ads: What's Next for Influencer Disclosures? By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, Elon Musk announced that X (formerly known as Twitter) will no longer permit hashtags to be used in advertising that appears...
6/26/2025 6:11:26 PM The Rise of Class Actions in Influencer Marketing: What Brands Need to Know To Protect Themselves By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar Jordan Thompson Amy Marcus +1 more... Show less Class actions targeting prominent brands using influencers to advertise their products on social media are on the rise, accusing brands...
6/18/2025 7:04:39 PM Paid Partnership Problems: Uptick in Influencer Class Actions and NAD Scrutiny By Melissa Steinman Jay Prapaisilp By Melissa Landau Steinman, Margaret Ulle & Jay Prapaisilp As influencer marketing continues to dominate social media, the legal risks...
6/13/2025 8:46:51 AM UK data reforms unpacked: what businesses need to know about changes to data protection and privacy laws By Giles Pratt Rachael Annear Tristan Lockwood Adam Gillert +1 more... Show less On 11 June 2025 Parliament passed a Bill that will shortly gain Royal Assent and become the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA)....