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TMT weekly highlights—21 September 2023

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Published on: 21 September 2023

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Internet
Online Safety Bill passes final parliamentary stage
Report published on content moderation in user-to-user online services
Regulation of Information Society Services must comply with EU Fundamental Freedoms (Google Ireland Ltd, Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, Tik Tok Technology Ltd v Kommunikationsbehörde Austria (Komm Austria))
European Commission publishes preliminary assessment on P2B Regulation
UK government consults on consumer law reform
Meta urged not to roll out end-to-end encryption without child safety measures
New technologies
CMA publishes report on impact of AI FMs on competition and consumer protection
Ofcom publishes evidence submitted to LLMs inquiry

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the technology, media and telecoms sectors. These highlights focus on key topics including new technologies, software, cloud computing, internet, outsourcing, music, film & television, publishing, defamation and telecoms.

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