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Online regulator Digital Markets Unit launches in the UK

Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 14:03 By Alston Asquith

New regulator the Digital Markets Unit to recommend new legislation for tech giants such as Google

A new regulator, the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has just launched in the UK and will oversee tech giants such as Facebook and Google to ensure they do not exploit their market dominance to push out new competition. The regulator is a unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and …

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Ministers face legal challenge over WhatsApp messages

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 15:20 By Alston Asquith

ministers are using self deleting messages on WhatsApp to make it difficult to document their communication

Ministers in the UK government are facing a legal challenge from campaigners over their use of self-destructing WhatsApp messages who say that it is undemocratic, prevents transparency and that it may block ministers being held to account. Ministers have been sending such messages on both …

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Johnny Depp denied appeal in libel case against The Sun

Friday, 26 March 2021, 17:49 By Alston Asquith

Johnny Depp fails with libel case against Amber Heard and The Sun in UK High Court

Actor Johnny Depp has failed in his attempt to overturn the libel judgement that went against him in the High Court. The case centred around a story in The Sun that labelled him a "wife beater" which the initial judgement found to be "substantially true". Depp had hoped to be able to overturn this …

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Reddit censorship causes the Streisand effect

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 15:01 By Alston Asquith

r/Music posted a message expressing discontent at Reddit's alleged censorship of the story of Aimee Challenor leading to the Streisand effect

Reddit has created an online storm after being accused of censorship of their users. A number of the website's most popular Subreddits including r/Music, r/iphone and r/pokemongo have set their status to private due to a concern that Reddit is censoring users from posting about a former minor …

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NFTs: Craze or revolution for the music industry?

Thursday, 18 March 2021, 14:30 By Alston Asquith

Can NFTs revolutionise the music industry?

NFTs or non-fungible tokens to give them their full name have hit the headlines recently and they have been touted to be the saviour of the art and music industries. Could they really be the revolution that makes creativity more profitable and how does it impact IP law? What are NFTs? A …

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