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TMT weekly highlights—21 February 2019

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Published on: 21 February 2019

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Table of contents

Media
EU amends copyright rules to fit digital age
DCMSC publishes final report on disinformation and ‘fake news’
The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Internet
New rules introduced to offer businesses a fair online platform environment
Reputation management
BBC report held to mean that claimant had authorised corrupt payment (Poroshenko v British Broadcasting Corporation)
Data protection

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Article summary

This week’s edition of the TMT highlights includes proposed changes to the EU copyright framework to increase compatibility with a digital environment, new EU online trading rules to make trading fairer for businesses and a determination on the meaning of an article about the Ukrainian president in defamation proceedings in Poroshenko v BBC.

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