Illegal harms further consultation: Torture and animal cruelty
Published: 2 August 2024
Last updated: 29 October 2024
This page provides information about an addition to our earlier illegal harms consultation, to include animal cruelty and human torture content as types of content that platforms must tackle.
Call for evidence: Researchers’ access to information from regulated online services
Published: 28 October 2024
This is a call for evidence for the report that Ofcom must produce under the Act about researchers’ access to information from online services to study online safety matters.
Consultation: Online Safety - fees and penalties
Published: 24 October 2024
Ofcom is consulting on proposals to implement the fees and penalties regime for online safety, under the Online Safety Act 2023. The consultation is aimed at providers of regulated online services and other relevant stakeholders.
Online service categorisation: information notices
Published: 17 October 2024
How Ofcom plans to issue information notices to relevant providers for the purpose of categorisation.
Ofcom's approach to implementing the Online Safety Act
Published: 26 October 2023
Last updated: 17 October 2024
Our plans for putting online safety laws into practice, and what we expect from tech firms.
New rules for online services: what you need to know
Published: 27 February 2024
Last updated: 17 October 2024
The Online Safety Act makes businesses responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. Here’s what you need to know and do now.
Countdown to a safer life online
Published: 17 October 2024
Two months out from online safety laws coming into force, Ofcom has warned tech firms they could face enforcement action if they don’t comply with new duties when the time comes.
Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
The Online Safety Act makes companies that operate a wide range of online services legally responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. If you provide an online service, there are actions you must take when duties come into force. This page explains the important milestones.
How to comply with the Online Safety Act: responding to Ofcom’s requests for information
Published: 17 October 2024
The Online Safety Act (OSA) makes businesses, and anyone else who operates a wide range of online services, legally responsible for keeping people (especially children) in the UK safe online.
Notified video-sharing platforms
Published: 11 January 2024
Last updated: 16 October 2024
A list of video-sharing platform (VSP) services that have notified to Ofcom.