Linklaters online safety

Advice on complying with online safety laws, regulator engagement, investigations and content disputes.

About Linklaters online safety

Linklaters' online safety team can help clients navigate the new regulatory frontier for online content, according to the page. The page states that the team can draw on experts across Linklaters' international network from a range of practice areas. The page says many types of online businesses will be affected by these new laws, including social media platforms, search engines, video-sharing sites and messaging applications.

The page states that the firm has helped clients with the full range of issues arising from online content. The page notes that online safety issues often involve data privacy, competition law and the criminal law.

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What they do

Linklaters' online safety team, part of its technology sector practice, advises online businesses (social media platforms, search engines, video-sharing sites, messaging applications and others) on new online safety laws. The firm says it has helped clients with compliance with the new laws, litigation and disputes arising from online content, interactions with regulators and governments, and investigations and enforcement action.

Its digital regulation practice says it advises platform providers on compliance with the DSA, the Online Safety Act, the AI Act and the Data Act, including risk assessments and responses to regulators' requests for information. The online safety team draws on lawyers from data privacy, competition and criminal law.