Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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Playlists and Policies: The Legal Dimensions of UK Music Streaming

Playlists and Policies: The Legal Dimensions of UK Music Streaming

In 1999, a group of college students created a computer program which allowed users to share, over the Internet, electronic copies of music stored on ...

The UK's Online Safety Bill: Royal Assent is on the horizon!

The UK's Online Safety Bill: Royal Assent is on the horizon!

The UK's Online Safety Bill ("OSB") is currently at the reporting stage in the House of Lords. The OSB will introduce obligations on companies to regu ...

UK International Technology Strategy – a technology superpower by 2030?

UK International Technology Strategy – a technology superpower by 2030?

The Government wants to make the UK a “science and technology superpower” by 2030. However, increased activity from nefarious actors and other geopoli ...

Big Tech’s fight against disinformation: the 2022 Strengthened Code and a new Transparency Centre

Big Tech’s fight against disinformation: the 2022 Strengthened Code and a new Transparency Centre

Last summer (June 2022), a broad range of technology companies, social media platforms, advertising agencies, and journalism organisations joined toge ...

Political Deepfakes: social media trend or genuine threat?

Political Deepfakes: social media trend or genuine threat?

In the BBC’s new televised drama The Capture, hackers intercept a broadcast interview with a government minister and replace his appearance with that ...

The UK Innovation Strategy: Learnings and reflections from 2021/2022

The UK Innovation Strategy: Learnings and reflections from 2021/2022

In July 2021, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy published a policy paper entitled The UK Innovation Strate ...

Advertising during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – important guidance for participants and their sponsors

Advertising during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – important guidance for participants and their sponsors

In the last week of January, the British Olympic Association (“BOA”), the UK’s National Olympic Committee, published updated Guidelines for brands wis ...

“Would you like Bitcoin toppings on your pizza?” UK Advertising watchdog issues  rulings against crypto companies… and Papa John’s

“Would you like Bitcoin toppings on your pizza?” UK Advertising watchdog issues rulings against crypto companies… and Papa John’s

On 15 December 2021 the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising regulator, published seven rulings concerning breaches of the UK m ...

The ASA issues a “red alert” warning regarding NFTs and other crypto-asset advertising

The ASA issues a “red alert” warning regarding NFTs and other crypto-asset advertising

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising regulator, last week published a statement on its website, announcing its plans for in ...

COP 26 Day 9: Mission Innovation – Gender and Science

COP 26 Day 9: Mission Innovation – Gender and Science

Tuesday’s deliberations were split into two distinct topics – Gender and Science & Innovation.  Discussions in both sessions made progress, althou ...