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

Under the UK Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), providers of regulated user-to-user and search services (service providers) have a raft of new ...

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

The UK’s internet regulator, Ofcom, has published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. This move initiates a three-month countdown to the ...

The Online Safety Act claims to make the UK the 'safest place in the world' online. In reality it will result in a more censored internet, potentially giving the government more power to undermine ...

To tackle the UK’s fraud epidemic, it's crucial that Ofcom and the government strengthen these codes and the wider Online Safety Act and accelerate the timetable for getting them implemented so ...

The UK government has issued a draft of its strategic priorities for Ofcom under the Online Safety Act (OSA), which the regulator will have to consider when it starts enforcing the new rules from ...

Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes and guidance under the Online Safety Act, setting out the ...

Ofcom has published the first set of new rules to regulate social media. the Online Safety Act is the UK’s first major legislation to regulate social media, search engine, messaging, gaming ...

Passed in late 2023, the Online Safety Act is the UK’s first major legislation to regulate social media, search engine, messaging, gaming, dating, pornography and file-sharing platforms.