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This series breaks down the key elements that businesses in and around technology must grasp to successfully navigate its complexities.

The UK Online Safety Act
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To help ease the compliance burden, we have synthesised this complexity into a series of user-friendly questions and answers that our clients are currently asking.

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Recent insights and latest developments

Online Safety Act: Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice

Online Safety: Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Bill

The UK Online Safety Act: Your questions answered

Child safety online: Key considerations and how to make your views heard

Facing the Facade – Legal challenges in the age of deepfakes (Australia)

Criminalising deepfakes – the UK's new offences following the Online Safety Act

EU/UK Enforcement of intellectual property rights across online platforms

Update on proposed significant reforms to Australian online safety regulation

Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What can organisations do now to prepare?

UK insights

Ofcom publishes update regarding Online Safety Act implementation

Child safety online: Key considerations and how to make your views heard

Enforcement of intellectual property rights across online platforms

The Online Safety Act: Your questions answered

Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What can organisations do now to prepare?

Online Safety Act: Timeline

Competition in Digital Markets (Lexology GTDT Fourth Edition)

Online Safety Act: Ofcom clarifies expected implementation timeline

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill introduced before Parliament

Online Safety Bill: Next House of Lords stage starts tomorrow as Ofcom issues risk assessment guidance

The Online Safety Bill: A recap of recent changes and their likely impact

The Online Safety Bill: Crystal ball gazing for the road ahead – what can we expect?

Future unclear for Online Safety Bill in fall out from Boris Johnson’s resignation

CMA and Ofcom joint statement on competition in digital markets

UK Government publishes its proposals for a new pro-competition regime for digital markets

Digital Regulation Timeline - OFCOM publishes plan of work 2022/23

Online Safety Bill formally introduced to Parliament

Online Safety Bill updates: duty to prevent scam adverts and Online Advertising consultation

Joint Committee calls for major changes to the Online Safety Bill to effectively regulate the ‘land of the lawless’

Ofcom Guidance for Video Sharing Platform Providers

UK Government publishes practical online safety guidance for businesses

New era for UK Online Regulation: Long awaited UK Online Safety Bill published

The end of “self-regulation”: UK to introduce world first statutory duty of care to combat harmful online content

EU insights

Enforcement of intellectual property rights across online platforms

Competition in Digital Markets (Lexology GTDT Fourth Edition)

EU Digital Markets Act update: potential gatekeepers submit notifications

Digital Markets Act Update: Implementing act, timelines, workshops and institutional changes

EU Digital Services Act comes into force today

Digital Markets Act soon to enter into force - overview of key provisions

The Digital Services Act: Europe’s new framework for online regulation to come into force next month

European Commission to revise Code of Practice against Disinformation

EU legislators reach agreement on Digital Markets Act

A new era for online regulation: Live panel session on the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act

The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: A new era for online regulation within Europe

Australia insights

Online Safety: Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Bill

Facing the Facade – Legal challenges in the age of deepfakes (Australia)

Generative AI: A bilateral online safety focus for Australia and the UK

Update on proposed significant reforms to Australian online safety regulation

Age Verification Roadmap – key updates on the regulation of online safety and age verification

Online safety in the dawn of immersive technologies and the metaverse

The age-old question of age verification – what you need to know

Social media and online safety: Australian Regulation spotlight

Australian online safety series

A spotlight on Australian regulation, specifically addressing online safety

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Asia insights

Online safety regulation in Indonesia

Singapore expands the scope of the Cybersecurity Act

US insights

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Kwok Tang

Partner, Sydney

Mark Smyth

Partner, Sydney

Hayley Brady

Partner, Head of Media and Digital, UK, London

Claire Wiseman

Professional Support Lawyer, London

Dr Morris Schonberg

Partner, Brussels

Lode Van Den Hende

Partner, Brussels

Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Managing Partner, Competition Regulation and Trade, Brussels

Peggy Chow

Of Counsel, Singapore