Understanding the UK’s Online Safety Bill

In an attempt to crack down on illegal content and minimise the likelihood that users will encounter harmful or age-inappropriate online posts, the UK Parliament drafted a piece of legislation called the Online Safety Bill (OSB). Unfortunately, what once started as a bill to protect people from violent or dangerous [...]

By |2023-08-04T11:15:04-04:00August 4th, 2023|App Economy, Blog, Cybersecurity, Encryption, In the news, United Kingdom|

How Government Restrictions on Platform Privacy Measures Could Harm Small App Developers

As we begin to look back and take stock of 2021, certainly one of the key themes in the technology policy space is the rapid convergence of the competition and privacy policy areas. Lawmakers in a handful of states, key committees in Congress, and policymakers around the world are taking [...]

By |2022-01-07T12:21:55-05:00November 30th, 2021|App Economy, Blog, Competition, In the news, Policy, Privacy, Tech Regulation|

What Does the UK’s 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review Mean for App Makers and Device Manufacturers?

On 27 October, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced the autumn Budget and spending review. This budget review sets out the British government’s spending plans for each department for the next three years. This year’s statement includes a range of investments in the tech ecosystem, such [...]

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