Continuing the pastime of creating GenAI versions of past Cyberleagle blogposts. Today, from 2012, Pre-Raphaelite Regulatory Convergence. www.cyberleagle.com/2012/01/regu...

Continuing the pastime of creating GenAI versions of past Cyberleagle blogposts. Today, from 2012, Pre-Raphaelite Regulatory Convergence. www.cyberleagle.com/2012/01/regu...

She’s been given online safety as a punishment.

Can’t wait to see what they do.

And the first big Ministerial decision will be whether to drop a comma on the logo.

DDCMS, apparently. Online safety?

Nandy stays in post because everyone is too embarrassed to admit they forgot about DCMS again

Followed by a keynote from @daphnek.bsky.social talking about some of the many legal cases (past and present) around trust & safety. #trustcon

And finally for today, the Bayeux Tapestry version of the Transatlantic Free Speech Wars. www.cyberleagle.com/2026/02/extr...

And, with apologies to William Heath Robinson, this take on my Safety by Design post is perfection. www.cyberleagle.com/2026/02/safe...

Out of curiosity I asked an AI tool to render one of my old blogposts in the style of Hieronymus Bosch. This is what it came up with. I could get to like this game. www.cyberleagle.com/2018/10/a-lo...

As the only Cyberleagle blogpost to have been cited in a CJEU Advocate General Opinion, I think this deserves the GenAI treatment. www.cyberleagle.com/2017/05/time...

If you missed my piece 5 years ago on risk of erosion of the ECD liability shields post-Brexit, here is a quick visual recap. (GenAI alert…) www.cyberleagle.com/2021/02/corr...

Ofcom really does choose its days for announcements it would rather not make. www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

I expect Burnham needs the slot for an MP. I very much doubt it was over any specific policy as Burnham has never shown any interest.

As the only Cyberleagle blogpost to have been cited in a CJEU Advocate General Opinion, I think this deserves the GenAI treatment. www.cyberleagle.com/2017/05/time...

If you missed my piece 5 years ago on risk of erosion of the ECD liability shields post-Brexit, here is a quick visual recap. (GenAI alert…) www.cyberleagle.com/2021/02/corr...

This is a genuinely thoughtful critique of Burnham's speech from @jonathansimons.bsky.social jonathansimons.substack.com/p/what-i-did...

Good to see that Andy Burnham’s approach to justice and civil liberties seems rather more liberal than his predecessor’s. Press reports over the past week suggest: >No digital ID cards >No jury trial restrictions. Credit where it’s due.

Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’

Out of curiosity I asked an AI tool to render one of my old blogposts in the style of Hieronymus Bosch. This is what it came up with. I could get to like this game. www.cyberleagle.com/2018/10/a-lo...

Hang on BBC… Which ‘tears’ do you mean?! Bayeux Tapestry in 'wonderful state' after journey to London, French minister says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Of all the therapy-speak that’s escaped into everyday language, none winds me up quite like “core memories.” Every pricey family holiday is now sold as an opportunity to manufacture one. Disney. Center Parcs. £14 hot chocolate in Lapland. “You’re making core memories.” No. You’re going on holiday.

Burnham is nostalgic for those idyllic days of waiting 6 months for the Post Office to install a telephone. Got it.

Full judgment in English. infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/documen...

I've taken my courage in both hands and written about how the CJEU Anne Frank judgment differs from the UK caselaw. conflictoflaws.net/2026/copyrig...

No doubt the kids will be overjoyed to hear that overnight social media curfews are to be switched off by default. Has no-one in government heard of the Oxford comma?

#ECJ: @Google may be held liable for @YouTube videos posted by a content creator linked to it through a commercial partnership 👉 curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...

This is a brilliant interview with the psychologist that everyone should actually be listening to on social media effects:

I've taken my courage in both hands and written about how the CJEU Anne Frank judgment differs from the UK caselaw. conflictoflaws.net/2026/copyrig...

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

Care homes should be putting on the beatles and the stones by now. Sounds like a dig at boomers but it's not: residents would genuinely vibe with it more.

Sort of amazing to go from being a mayor to pm, and then before you even officially start a job create a *huge* political headache for the mayor of the UK's largest city by weighing in on a devolved matter.

I have to say, the world is gone mad. The so-called addictive and dangerous features are also implemented in BlueSky. Is the EU Commission going to write to them? To the Mastodon guys? Wikipedia uses autoplay? Is that an addictive and dangerous website?

Ofcom has released its #OnlineSafetyAct service categorisation decisions. www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

"We’ve managed a very British situation in which it’s almost impossible for anyone on an average (or even good) income to buy in London without family help, but it’s also almost impossible to build new homes properly either." capx.co/londons-hous...

🍿 "Ofcom said they are willing to work with local law enforcement and courts to pursue debts abroad and have “initiated work” to pursue the funds owed." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

I don't usually write personal stuff, but a few words about my experience of being interviewed by Gary Stevenson. It started with a nice chat, comparing taste in hoodies... then the tone changed. He demanded to know why I'd deleted a tweet criticising him.

Piers Corbyn is also standing in Clacton. Lucky lucky Clacton.

Anne Frank judgment is out (from press release).

Ex-Ofcom @chionwurah.bsky.social M.P. on independent regulation: "my view is that how Ofcom acts as an independent regulator is nevertheless influenced heavily by the political will of those in government and I think that reflects on this government." www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Now discussing online safety.

The final version of the UK Jurisdiction Task Force Statement on Liability for AI Harms under the private law of England and Wales is now available. lawtechuk.io/ukjt/liabili...

Brace, brace. #OnlineSafetyAct committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...

The Scots lawyer appointed by Margaret Thatcher to get rid of the English legal profession's restrictive practices. (Those far-off days when it was unprofessional to 'tout' for business. You couldn't even have a brochure.) He came, cut a swathe through it all and went back to Scotland.

My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders. An immigrant's journey to the radical left and back reason.com/2026/06/30/m...

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

Brace, brace. #OnlineSafetyAct committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...

Anne Frank: will the CJEU create a post-Brexit schism on territoriality of the copyright communication to the public right?

Supposed ECHR positive state obligations as wrapping paper for policy agendas is a device long past its sell-by date.