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18 August 2017 at 14:26

<p class=”indent”>Good afternoon everyone,</p>
<p class=”indent”>I hope you have had a great week so far.</p>
<p class=”indent”>In this week’s post I thought we could share our views on The Digital Economy Act 2017.</p>
<p class=”indent”>Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and is now an Act of Parliament (law).</p>
<p class=”indent”>The Act makes provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; and for connected purposes.</p>
<p class=”indent”>Feel free to share your thoughts on how this Act might affect collaborative learning, data sharing and future electronic communications. If you have already experienced changes in your role as a trainer/educator due to the enforcement of the Act, please share as well.</p>
<p class=”indent”>Have a great weekend!</p>