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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 15 December, the UK Government set out its proposals to regulate social media in the UK. With the aim of making the UK "the safest place in the world to be online", a new legal duty of care will be established as and when the Online Harms Bill eventually comes before Parliament. It aim is to force businesses with a significant online component to take more responsibility for the safety of their users and tackle a number of "harms" which could be caused by content or activity on their ser...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  To get the transatlantic relationship back and on track and to ensure that it will remain relevant in the future, the United States and the European Union should prioritize putting forward concrete ideas and taking actionable steps on climate and energy, democracy and human rights, and digital technology issues. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! Summary While the election of Joe Biden to the U.S. presidency presents an opening to restore the transatlantic relationship after D...

facilitate the licensing of rights in audiovisual works to video-on-demand services" 4. This is in response to the lack of EU audio-visual works available on video-on-demand ( VoD) platforms, despite the growing popularity of on-demand services (such as Netflix and Amazon Video). This is partly attributed to the fact that agreements for online exploitation of such works can be difficult to conclude due to certain territorial rightsholders not having sufficient economic incentive to exploit a work online. Consequently, Article 13 of the DSM Directive requires Member States to put in place a me...

6 minute read Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager (L), and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton (R) attend a press conference on the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, Brussels, Belgium, 15 December 2020, OLIVIER MATTHYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images "The DSA places new transparency and due diligence obligations on very large online platforms. The DMA imposes dos and don’ts on gatekeepers that provide ‘core platform services’. Both Acts have the potential to be a blueprint ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Awaited with bated breath by stakeholders in the online industry and by IP right holders alike, the EU Commission published its official draft for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is conceived as one of the central pillars for its ambition to shape Europe’s digital future. Its published draft aims high, both in the scope of topics it covers, and the depth in which it addresses them. The DSA provides a staggered set of obligations and liability rules for all intermediaries (such as internet access providers, domain name regi...