New copyright laws (Article 13) hold tech firms responsible for material posted without copyright permission

Bill Mew explains the issues behind the new copyright laws that have been voted in by the European Parliament, which critics say could change the internet. The new rules, including the controversial Article 13, will hold tech firms responsible for material posted without copyright permission. Sharing memes and GIFs, however, will still be allowed under...

How can we regulate video on social media following the Christchurch incident?

Continuing his call for regulatory reform, Bill Mew, our principle consultant, addresses the criticism of Facebook and other social platforms following the live streaming of the terrorist incident in Christchurch, New Zealand. Once aware of the content Facebook moved to pull it down and used a fingerprint of the video content to prevent it being posting. In...

We need social media regulation to provide clarity, consistency and certainty

There is little doubt that some form of social media regulation is on the way, following the series of Facebook scandals. We don't know yet what this will look like, but at least the regulations are most likely to be transparent and consistent, which Facebook's own approach doesn't appear to be at the moment. Any...

The data challenge and competitive dynamics in the cloud market

Bill Mew is interviewed by John Furrier from TheCUBE - the flagship video interview program from SiliconANGLE Media. Bill and John look at the state of the cloud market and at the data challenge that organisations are going to face having migrated to the cloud. Data volumes are growing exponentially and IT budgets are not. Not...

Looking beyond the tech revolution and tech backlash to focus on economic and social good

For some time Bill Mew, our principle consultant, has been calling for regulatory reform - not just in privacy and data protection, where we have seen GDPR and may soon see federal regulation in the US, but also in associated areas like facial recognition and AI. Bill is an advocate for seeking the right balance between...

Regulating political advertising on social media

For some time Bill Mew, our principle consultant, has been calling for regulatory reform - not just in privacy and data protection, where we have seen GDPR and may soon see federal regulation in the US, but also in associated areas like facial recognition and AI. Bill is an advocate for seeking the right balance between...