Xanthia Hargreaves
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Articles
Part I: The History and Evolution of Section 230
USA - September 25 2020 “Section 230” is a buzz word of late—heard on the Hill, on Pennsylvania Avenue, and now in the (virtual) board rooms of companies that allow their…
EU’s ePrivacy reforms: a UK perspective
European Union, United Kingdom - March 1 2021 The EU Council has reached a compromise agreement on its position on the new ePrivacy Regulation. This involved coming to agreement on various issu…
Intellectual Property Action Plan - European Commission’s plans regarding SEPs
European Union - December 11 2020 As we reported in our 4 December blog post Upgrading the European IP framework: The European Commission unveils its Action Plan on Intellectual…
UK Supreme Court rules representative action for group data protection claim was “doomed to fail”
United Kingdom - November 11 2021 The UK Supreme Court handed down a unanimous judgment yesterday in the high-profile Lloyd v Google case, ruling in Google’s favour that the opt-out…
Anushi Amin, Hannah Walker Gore, Catherine Greenwood-Smith, Ethan Lo, Alice Thompson
Part II: Section 230 and Proposals for Revision - Some Critical Commentary on Executive Branch Updates
USA - September 28 2020 Yesterday we reviewed the history of Section 230, which has provided online platforms safe harbor from liability over content posted by third parties…
