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Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams

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The UK’s more expansive, post-Brexit role in digital regulation continues to be felt today via a policy change by Google which has announced that

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UK publishes draft Online Safety Bill

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The UK government has published its long-trailed (child) ‘safety-focused’ plan to regulate online content and speech. The Online Safety Bill has been in the

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UK’s Digital Markets Unit starts work on pro-competition reforms

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A new UK public body that will be tasked with helping regulate the most powerful companies in the digital sector to ensure competition thrives

February 12, 2020

UK names its pick for social media ‘harms’ watchdog

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The UK government has taken the next step in its grand policymaking challenge to tame the worst excesses of social media by regulating a

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January 22, 2020

UK watchdog sets out “age appropriate” design code for online services to keep kids’ privacy safe

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The UK’s data protection watchdog has today published a set of design standards for Internet services which are intended to help protect the privacy