Children’s phones must block nude images by September, UK says

Build something that doesn't exist. Don't collect any data while you do it. Get it wrong and the CEO could face criminal charges. That's close to the ultimatum the UK government handed Apple and Google on June 8. The two companies have three months to introduce device-level protections blocking...

Online Safety Bill’s provisions for “legal but harmful” content described as “censor’s charter”

The UKs Online Safety Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that that aims to regulate the countrys online content, has just been introduced into Parliament after undergoing significant revisions. The bill has been in progress for about five years and its main objective is to regulate online...

Clarifying the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

A federal court has ruled that violating a website's terms of service is not "hacking" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The plaintiffs wanted to investigate possible racial discrimination in online job markets by creating accounts for fake employers and job seekers. Leading job sites have...