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1 month ago | lexology.com | Nick Johnson |Chloe Deng |Anna Williams

CAP updates on ad restrictions on 'less healthy' food and drink products Last year, the government confirmed that it will bring forward advertising restrictions for "less healthy" food and drink products – products high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) – and published the secondary legislation together with guidance on the new restrictions. The regulations will come into force from 1 October 2025.

1 month ago | lexology.com | John Davidson-Kelly |Chloe Deng |Ben Dunham |Nick Johnson |Tom Harding

UK updates Ofcom publishes guidance on age assurance and children's access assessments under OSA As part of the second phase of implementation of the Online Safety Act (OSA), Ofcom has published its statement on age assurance and children’s access assessments. This comprises three sets of guidance and marks the first step in the UK regulator's implementation of the child protection provisions of the OSA.

Oct 30, 2024 | lexology.com | John Davidson-Kelly |Chloe Deng |Nick Johnson |Tom Harding

UK updatesOfcom states that duties to comply with illegal content safety requirements should come into force in March 2025Ofcom has published an updated roadmap, setting out its progress in implementing the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) since it became law a year ago and presenting its plans for next year. Ofcom expects the illegal content safety provisions to come into force in March 2025, but says that publication of the register of categorised services will be delayed.

Oct 24, 2024 | lexology.com | John Davidson-Kelly |Ben Dunham |Tom Harding |Chloe Deng |Louisa Morrison

Long-awaited 'fitness check' of EU consumer law is finally published, paving the way for a new Digital Fairness ActThe European Commission's digital fairness "fitness check" was launched in 2022 to assess whether the current EU consumer law framework is fit for purpose in the digital environment and consider whether any new regulation is needed to ensure digital fairness for consumers.

Sep 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Nick Johnson |Chloe Deng |Anna Williams

UK government confirms implementation of advertising restrictions of 'less healthy' food and drink productsThe UK government has published its response to the consultation carried out by the previous Conservative government in 2022/23 on draft regulations introducing further advertising restrictions in relation to "less healthy" food and drink products on television and online.