The bill would have required social media companies to create stronger controls to protect the data of minors, default to the ...

Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes and guidance under the Online Safety Act, setting out the duties tech firms must comply with regarding illegal harms. The ...

However, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) goes too far by enabling potential censorship of marginalized communities rather than fostering healthy online behavior. KOSA would give broad powers to ...

Britain's online safety act, forced through parliament despite all the usual warnings about hasty "think of the children" ...

Hundreds of community websites run for fans of everything from cycling to Sunderland AFC may be forced to shut down by the UK ...

Federal legislation is a false choice between safety and surveillance: Protecting kids doesn’t require sacrificing privacy ...

The first binding Codes of Practice under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) have now been published, requiring those in scope to take ...

On Monday, the U.K.'s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers ...

Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), on the Kids Online Safety Act, which aims to give children and parents better tools to protect themselves online and hold Big Tech accountable for harms. “Suicide ...

Campaigners have claimed Online Safety Act (OSA) measures “fail to go far enough” to protect vulnerable young people, with not enough done to “tackle self-harm and suicide material online”. Ofcom, the ...

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Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes and guidance under the Online Safety Act, setting out the duties tech firms must comply with regarding illegal harms. The landmark ...