Month: February 2023

Digital Services Act: Online Platforms, Do Your Homework Before it’s too Late

The Digital Services Act (DSA) entered into force on November 16, 2022. This new European regulation builds on the Electronic Commerce Directive to strengthen the moderation obligations of online platforms regarding illegal content, such as racism, child pornography, counterfeiting and disinformation. Among various obligations, online platforms must remove illegal content […]

UK Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Details of Reprimands

On 6 December 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it would publish details of all future reprimands, including those issued from January 2022 onwards, ‘unless there is a good reason not to’. This is part of the ICO’s new strategic approach to regulatory action. The ICO hopes […]

US Expands Artificial Intelligence Guidance with NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Key takeaways On January 26, 2023, the US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). The AI RMF is a voluntary resource designed to aid a variety of actors in the artificial intelligence sphere – such as technology companies […]