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How to ask an organisation for a copy of your data, to delete it or to stop using it for marketing: the UK Information Commissioner's public guidance on access, erasure and objection, in plain English.
When must a creator say that content was made or altered with AI? A plain guide to YouTube's disclosure rules and Meta's "AI info" labels: what triggers a label, what does not and what can happen if creators stay silent.
Remix, reaction and commentary rely on other people's work. UK government guidance lists a few narrow exceptions to copyright, including parody, criticism, review and quotation. Here is what it says and what it leaves open.
A song in the background, a clip from a film, a sample from a track: how YouTube's Content ID, copyright claims, disputes and strikes work, and why a claim is not the same as a strike. A plain guide.
Words like "eco", "natural" and "sustainable" sit on shampoos, shirts and packaging. The UK Competition and Markets Authority's Green Claims Code sets out six principles for judging them. Here is what it says.
Dupes are cheaper alternatives to well-known products. How do they differ from counterfeits, what do UK and EU official sources say about brand and design rights, and what should creators watch?
What do YouTube and Instagram say about how their feeds rank content, and what does EU law require platforms to explain? A plain-English guide for creators and viewers.
Why do some posts spread everywhere while most do not? What one widely cited study of a billion online sharing events found about broadcasts and person-to-person sharing, and what it cannot tell us.
Gifted products, affiliate codes and paid partnerships look alike on screen but work differently behind it. Here is how each deal works and how it must be labelled.
