Global Media and Communications Watch, published by Hogan Lovells, focuses on legal and regulatory developments affecting the media, telecommunications, and technology sectors globally. The blog covers topics such as digital services regulation, data privacy and cybersecurity laws, Internet of Things (IoT) liability and compliance, telecommunications policy, and the impact of emerging technologies on legal frameworks. It also addresses issues related to content moderation, digital market regulations, and cross-border legal challenges in the digital economy. The blog provides insights into evolving legislation and regulatory trends in the EU, US, and other jurisdictions, with a particular emphasis on how these affect businesses operating in the media and communications industries.
As COVID-19 erupts with unprecedented speed and scale and immediate health concerns hold centre stage, concern grows about economic fallout threatening millions of livelihoods.
This crisis will be different
The coming economic crisis will be very different from any that…
Data centre operators in Europe could benefit from Brexit and have already been preparing for years for precisely this scenario, including by expanding such data centre capacities in Continental Europe.
The United Kingdom (UK) finally left the EU on 31…
On 7 January 2020, Directive (EU) 2019/2161 (the “Directive”) came into force, setting into motion a swathe of measures aimed at modernizing the existing consumer protection rules, bolstering the level of protection available to consumers and providing an enhanced level…
The U.S. Courts of Appeal increasingly agree on how to interpret the definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS” or “autodialer”) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The Seventh Circuit held that an “autodialer” must use “a random or…
The UK Government Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) has today published its initial response to the public consultation on the Online Harms White Paper, published in April 2019. In its response, DCMS gives an indication of how…
A wide variety of organizations will be impacted by Kari’s Law and must comply with its requirements.…
CZ.NIC, the Registry for the .CZ country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), recently published the results of a survey that indicate that Czechs have once again rejected the possibility of registering Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) under .CZ.
IDNs are domain…
The key issue is how to interpret ambiguous language in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of “automatic telephone dialing system.” The Eleventh Circuit panel’s decision in Glasser rejects that trend, joins the D.C. Circuit in adopting a much…
