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Since our last review in 2020, Small Screen: Big Debate, the broadcasting industry has witnessed and reported on unprecedented national and international instability.

Ofcom has been consulting with children to find out what they think about Ofcom’s proposals to improve online safety.

The Connected Nations report 2024 provides updated data on the coverage and usage of fixed broadband and mobile networks within the UK. 

The Online Safety Act has introduced new rules on robust age checks that services must follow to protect children

Children’s access assessments are a new assessment that all user-to user-services and search services (‘Part 3 services’) regulated under the Online Safety Act must carry out to establish whether a service – or part of a service – is likely to be accessed by children.

This is the first of Ofcom’s policy Statements that Ofcom, as regulator of the Online Safety Act, will publish as part of our work to establish the new regulations.

The Online Safety Act makes businesses responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. Here’s what you need to know and do now.

Use our tool to find out if the rules are likely to apply to you, and what you can do next.

This document sets out our updated areas of focus under our Digital Markets Strategy. It sets out how we will continue to support competition and the best outcomes for customers and businesses when considering the impact of digital markets on communications and media sectors in the UK.