20 Feb, 2024 DSA now fully in force By Catherine O'Callaghan As of 17 February 2024, the EU’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is now fully in force for all in-scope intermediary service providers. For...
21 Dec, 2023 EU opens proceedings against X for possible breaches of the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan X has become the first company to have formal proceedings for potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) launched against it...
20 Dec, 2023 High Court refuses to throw out Getty Images’ IP infringement claim against generative AI provider Stability AI By Catherine O'Callaghan As 2023 draws to a close, generative AI remains a hot topic. Not only can you now look the term up in the dictionary, but we also have...
14 Nov, 2023 OpenAI offers to indemnify ChatGPT customers for copyright infringement By Catherine O'Callaghan OpenAI has announced that it will protect its business customers against copyright infringement lawsuits, following the lead of...
25 Aug, 2023 DSA now in force for largest platforms By Catherine O'Callaghan Today, 25 August 2023, the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) takes effect for very large online platforms and search engines – the so-called...
08 Dec, 2022 UK Government Scraps Controversial Proposals to Tackle Legal but Harmful Content Online By Catherine O'Callaghan The UK government has confirmed that it is abandoning controversial provisions in its Online Safety Bill to make tech firms take down...
06 Jun, 2021 A wrestle with an octopus – the Online Safety Bill. A step too far onto the toes of free speech, or not far enough? By Catherine O'Callaghan The UK government has published its long awaited draft Online Safety Bill, two years after publication of the Online Harms White Paper....