From deepfakes to revenge porn, the rise of online crime has created a tough environment to police
In this week’s NLJ, Farrer & Co partner Thomas Rudkin and associate Emily Costello assess the chances of the Online Safety Act 2023, the latest sheriff in town.
Will the Act live up to the government’s boast that it makes the UK ‘the safest place in the world to be online’? Rudkin and Costello examine some key provisions of the Act. They note the ‘potentially dramatic and rapid technological—and indeed social—developments’ that pose a major challenge to regulation of this area, such as artificial intelligence.
The authors write that while it could be said the Act ‘doesn’t provide sufficient detail’ to cover some gaps that have been identified, ‘some of its more generic wording may serve to cover technological advances yet to emerge’.
