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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
10 February 2025
The implementation of the Online Safety Act: understanding Ofcom’s new requirements
Following the enactment of the Online Safety Act (“OSA”) in October 2023, Ofcom has prepared a multi-stage plan for its implementation. Under this legislation, online service providers are subject to a number of new obligations, and Ofcom has a duty to ensure compliance with these requirements.
16 January 2025
The continued rise of sextortion and blackmail
In this article, Sandra Paul, a Partner at Kingsley Napley, looks at the rise of sextortion and blackmail, the legal landscape in regard to such offences and the need for the current protections to be reviewed and consolidated
25 June 2024
Tackling the regulation of sexually explicit deepfakes
Artificial intelligence, and its use on social media, is making it continuously harder to distinguish between real and fake information online. Although fact checking is often required when considering written or spoken words, with the advent of so-called “deepfakes”, we now also need to fact check some of the images or videos we see online.
26 March 2024
Guidance on prosecuting offences under the Online Safety Act 2023
The Online Safety Act 2023 (the OSA 2023) now has a firmly established statutory footing, and is making significant waves in the online regulation landscape. To further consolidate the OSA, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published new and updated guidance which is intended to help prosecutors make decisions on the newly established communication offences.
31 January 2024
Policing the metaverse: the reality of virtual sexual offences
The police are undertaking the first reported investigation into a “virtual rape”, which is said to have taken place in the metaverse. This case brings to the forefront a number of questions around the adequacy of the UK’s current legislation surrounding sexual offences, and whether it can cater to behaviours taking place in the metaverse.