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Understanding Your Loved One's Digital Legacy: What Can Be Inherited And What Cannot
When someone dies, their family and executors must navigate not only the traditional aspects of estate administration but, increasingly, the complex world of digital assets. From cryptocurrency holdings to social media accounts, streaming subscriptions, valuable media to online media libraries, the digital footprint we leave behind raises important questions about what happens next.
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DMH Stallard
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Protecting Reputation In The AI Era: How To Prepare, Monitor And Respond
AI has fundamentally altered how reputation is shaped, with AI-powered search engines now delivering authoritative-seeming summaries rather than traditional search results. From deepfakes and voice cloning to coordinated review bombing and bot-driven harassment campaigns, the threats are evolving rapidly—but so are the defensive tools available to those who understand how to deploy them strategically.
United Kingdom Media & IT
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Mishcon de Reya
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The latest on the UK’s under-16s social media ban: Curfews, AI chatbots and more
The UK government has announced sweeping new measures to regulate children's social media access, including a midnight-to-6am curfew for 16-17 year olds, mandatory breaks from AI chatbots, and enhanced VPN detection to prevent circumvention. These proposals follow the June 2026 announcement of a total social media ban for under-16s and represent a significant shift toward more interventionist regulation of young people's online activity.
United Kingdom Media & IT
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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
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UK Government Announces Social Media Curfews And Anti-addiction Controls For 16- And 17-year-olds And Again Puts Age Assurance Front And Centre Of Compliance Obligations
The UK government has introduced sweeping new regulations targeting social media use by teenagers, implementing mandatory curfews and anti-addiction controls for 16- and 17-year-olds. These measures place age verification and assurance mechanisms at the core of platform compliance requirements, fundamentally reshaping how social media companies must operate in the UK market.
United Kingdom Media & IT
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Lewis Silkin
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Three Lions, Two Airlines And One Trade Mark Bet: When Norwegian Became British Airways
When Norwegian Air challenged British Airways to a social media wager ahead of England's World Cup quarter-final, the losing airline agreed to replace its profile picture with the winner's logo. England won, and Norwegian temporarily displayed the British Airways logo on Instagram. While this friendly marketing stunt generated publicity for both brands, it raises important questions about trade mark usage, brand protection, and the legal considerations that should underpin even the most lighthearted corpora
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Marks & Clerk
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