The European Commission and the UK Government have both recently proposed how they plan to regulate online content.
The UK Government’s full response to the Online Harms White Paper outlines a categorised approach towards regulating illegal and legal content with companies having a duty of care towards their users which they can fulfil by following codes of practice. The European Commission’s Digital Services Act mandates that platforms that reach over 45 million people across Europe must limit the ability of illegal material spreading on their networks.
As the UK and EU continue to develop this legislation along similar timelines, we would like to invite you to join a virtual panel discussion organised jointly by Allied for Startups and techUK on Wednesday 14 April, 10.30 – 11.30 UK time to hear about the commonalities and differences of these two approaches.
This event is part of techUK’s #TechTracks series, looking at comparing and contrasting UK and EU regulatory approaches to technology.
Our panel will be made up of the following specialists:
- Richard Wronka, Director for Online Harms, Ofcom
- Diana Vlad Calcic, Policy Officer, DG Connect, European Commission
- Mandy Chilcott, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Trustpilot
- Lulu Freemont, Policy Manager, Digital Regulation, techUK (moderator)
If you have any issues with registering for this event, please email Zoe Brockbank.
Joining details will be sent to registered participants in a separate email the day before the event.
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.
Based in Brussels, she leads our EU policy and engagement. She is also our lead on international trade policy, with a focus on digital trade chapter in FTAs, regulatory cooperation as well as broader engagement with the G7, G20, WTO and OECD.
As a transatlanticist at heart, Sabina is a GMF Marshall Memorial fellow and issue-lead on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, within DigitalEurope.
Previously, she worked as Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament for almost a decade, where she specialised in tech regulation, international trade and EU-US relations.
Sabina loves building communities and bringing people together. She is the founder of the Gentlewomen’s Club and co-organiser of the Young Professionals in Digital Policy. Previously, as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, she led several youth civic engagement and gender equality projects.
She sits on the Advisory Board of the University College London European Institute, Café Transatlantique, a network of women in transatlantic technology policy and The Nine, Brussels’ first members-only club designed for women.
Sabina holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.
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