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

Social media platforms and other online services operating in the UK are facing new regulations. Ofcom, the UK's ...

In February 2022, after months of hearings, committee members Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) ...

The UK's new Online Safety Act, programmed for implementation in the second half of next year, could reshape how social media platforms deal with harmful online content.This legislation aims to ...

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 subject to the Online Safety ...

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 ...

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.

The start of 2025 marks seven months of the new Labour government which stormed to victory in July’s general election. Running on a promise of change, the party pledged some major new legislation, ...

But others have suggested that Musk and X will fall into line with the new regulatory regime once it kicks in, as occurred ...

New UK legislation aims to curb online abuse by enforcing swift removal of harmful content. Research shows even leisure communities can foster toxic behaviour.