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Online Safety Act – Part 2

We pull out some practical issues from the Online Safety Act, particularly in light of Ofcom's illegal harms consultation which has provided more information about what some aspects of compliance are likely to involve.

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Interface - The UK's Online Safety Act

Meeting illegal harms safety duties under the Online Safety Act – how to navigate Ofcom's proposals for user-to-user services

Debbie Heywood looks at how to make sense of Ofcom's provisional views on ways user-to-user services can comply with their OSA safety duties relating to illegal harms.

7 March 2024

by Debbie Heywood

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Risk Assessments under the UK's Online Safety Act – Ofcom's views

Xuyang Zhu looks at Ofcom's draft guidance on carrying out illegal content risk assessments.

7 March 2024

by Xuyang Zhu

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Record keeping and review requirements under the UK's Online Safety Act – Ofcom's views

Laura Craig looks at Ofcom's draft guidance on how services can comply with record keeping and review requirements under the OSA.

7 March 2024

by Laura Craig

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Interface - The UK's Online Safety Act

UK Online Safety Act - Ofcom's draft guidance on identifying illegal content

Margarita Taliadoros looks at the implications of Ofcom's draft guidance on identifying illegal content regulated under the OSA.

7 March 2024

by Margarita Taliadoros

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Interface - The UK's Online Safety Act

OSA v DSA

Louise Popple provides a table comparing obligations under the UK's Online Safety Act and the EU's Digital Services Act.

7 March 2024

by Louise Popple

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The Online Safety Act and terms of service

Debbie Heywood looks at what user-to-user services must include in relevant terms of service under the Online Safety Act.

7 March 2024

by Debbie Heywood

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Interface - Products and packaging update

Waste not, want not: unpacking the UK's packaging waste regime

Megan Howarth and Richard Miles look at current and incoming rules on packaging waste.

1 February 2024

by Megan Howarth and Richard Miles

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Interface - Products and packaging update

Products and data pooling

Christian Frank, Julia Freifrau von Imhoff and Alexander Schmalenberger look at the EU's Data Governance Act and Data Act in the context of digital and connected products.

1 February 2024

by multiple authors

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Interface - Products and packaging update

An overview of the draft EU Toy Safety Regulation

Benedikt Rohrssen and Ulrich Spiegel look at incoming toy safety requirements.

1 February 2024

by Dr. Benedikt Rohrßen and Dr. Ulrich Spiegel

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