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Providing a comprehensive global perspective on online safety regulations.

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

Trust at risk: Who's accountable for the online safety gap?

In the first of our series exploring the rapidly evolving rules governing technology, we explore who is accountable for the online safety gap

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Online safety: A global regulatory overview

This overview simplifies online safety in a fragmented global regulatory landscape

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Recent insights and latest developments

UK online safety in the spotlight: enforcement, expansion, and the importance of proportionality

High Court dismisses Wikimedia’s challenge to Online Safety Act thresholds—but leaves the door open for future challenges

New regulation strengthens online safety for children

20 febrero 2025

Forecasting disputes under the Online Safety Act: what can we learn from proceedings under the Digital Services Act to date?

12 febrero 2025

A tricky balance – protecting fundamental rights in the Online Safety arena

16 diciembre 2024

Online Safety Act: Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice

3 diciembre 2024

Online Safety: Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Bill

23 octubre 2024

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

12 diciembre 2023

Update on proposed significant reforms to Australian online safety regulation

26 octubre 2023

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

UK insights

UK online safety in the spotlight: enforcement, expansion, and the importance of proportionality

High Court dismisses Wikimedia’s challenge to Online Safety Act thresholds—but leaves the door open for future challenges

21 octubre 2024

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

21 febrero 2024

The Online Safety Act: Your questions answered

26 octubre 2023

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

26 octubre 2023

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

28 febrero 2023

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

28 febrero 2023

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

16 noviembre 2022

EU Digital Services Act comes into force today

27 octubre 2022

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

26 octubre 2023

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

15 diciembre 2020

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

Australia insights

12 septiembre 2025

New online safety codes require age verification for explicit content

3 diciembre 2024

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

12 diciembre 2023

Update on proposed significant reforms to Australian online safety regulation

22 septiembre 2023

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

New regulation strengthens online safety for children

Online safety regulation in Indonesia

Singapore expands the scope of the Cybersecurity Act

US insights

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Online Harms: What is the global state of play?

2021 saw governments again rushing to tighten oversight of the internet. We assess the key trends and developments worldwide

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Kwok Tang

Partner, Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Sector, Sydney

Mark Smyth

Partner, Sydney

Hayley Brady

Partner, London and Africa Group

Justina Zhang

Partner, Kewei, Mainland China and Beijing

Dr Morris Schonberg

Partner, Brussels and London

Lode Van Den Hende

Consultant, Brussels and London

Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Managing Partner, Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, Brussels

Michelle Virgiany

Director, Prolegis LLC, Singapore