‘A doctor who bought illegal drugs to sell to customers on the dark web using the Star Wars pseudonym “Imperial Storm Trooper” has been jailed for five years.’
The Independent, 17th December 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Six former Metropolitan Police officers have been given suspended prison sentences for sending racist, sexist and homophobic messages on WhatsApp, after a BBC Newsnight investigation.’
BBC News, 7th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government and some of the world’s biggest tech companies have agreed a series of pledges to protect the public from online fraud.’
Home Office, 30th November 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The UK government must ensure that the way the new “super-complaints” process under the Online Safety Act is configured enables new risks and systemic issues across services to be addressed whilst guarding against the potential for overwhelming the regulator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK’s data protection authority has lodged an appeal against a tribunal ruling that found it did not have the power to take enforcement action against facial recognition software developer Clearview AI.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Appellant was charged with attempted sexual communication with a child (count 1) and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity (count 2) after communicating with a decoy profile (‘X’).’
Park Square Barristers, 31st October 2023
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Online content platforms operating in the UK should study recent publications issued by Ofcom to get a better handle on how the Online Safety Act will apply to them, and what they can do to meet the new legal requirements around addressing illegal content.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A YouTuber who targeted antisemitic abuse at a Jewish woman during a livestream has been sentenced for a hate crime.’
The Independent, 16th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Clause 19 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“the DMCC Bill”) gives the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) wide powers to impose conduct requirements on undertakings that the CMA has designated as having strategic market status (“SMS”) in respect of a digital activity (essentially, “big tech”). The condition for the exercise of the power is that the CMA considers it “appropriate” to do so having regard to broadly drawn statutory objectives – the “fair dealing” objective, the “open choices” objective (essentially, enabling consumers to choose freely and easily between providers) and the “trust and transparency” objective (essentially, having the information to make properly informed decisions). The types of conduct requirement that may be imposed are set out in clause 20: essentially, there is no statutory limit to the types of requirement that may be imposed save that (whatever they are) they must be for the purpose of securing various objectives or of preventing various widely defined types of conduct (for example “using data unfairly”). Breach of a conduct requirement may result, if the CMA so decides, in an enforcement order that requires action to remedy the breach or payment of damages.’
UK Constitutional Law Assoication, 15th November 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The extent to which holders of UK and EU trade mark rights can object to others using their marks to promote products listed for sale in online global marketplaces is to be considered by the UK Supreme Court in an upcoming case involving e-commerce giant Amazon.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Social media platforms should fight online grooming by not suggesting children as “friends” by default, the communications watchdog says.’
BBC News, 8th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice in the Digital Age – Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Technology and Construction Court.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 3rd November 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A former children’s holiday camp manager who posed as a teenage girl in order to groom children online has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 1st November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who groomed boys online by posing as a teenage girl has been jailed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.’
The Independent, 1st November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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