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TMT weekly highlights—15 October 2020

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Published on: 15 October 2020

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Internet
Government responds to report on misinformation amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reports on Code of Practice on Disinformation show ‘substantial gaps remain’
Coscelli calls for new digital markets regulatory regime
Media
Ofcom consults on BBC Studios and its line of business
Ofcom Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin 412
Telecommunications
Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Reputation management

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Article summary

This week’s edition of TMT weekly highlights includes: the publication of the government’s response to the DCMS second report on misinformation amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) infodemic, the launch of two consultations from Ofcom concerning the BBC’s commercial subsidiary, BBC Studios, and its regulation, and support for the general principles of the Defamation Bill, reforming defamation law in Scotland.

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