Video-sharing platform (VSP) regulation

This guide answers some questions you might have about how we regulate video-sharing platforms (VSPs).

Ofcom’s approach and plan of work around video sharing platforms (VSP) – websites and apps, established in the UK, that allow users to share video, such as TikTok, OnlyFans and Twitch.

This guidance is intended to support UK-established video-sharing platform (VSP) providers in protecting users from harmful material in videos.

This guidance is designed to help video-sharing platform providers assess whether their service is in scope and needs to be notified to us.

You can notify a video-sharing service to Ofcom by submitting a notification form online.

A list of video-sharing platform (VSP) services that have notified to Ofcom.