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.
Investigating OnlyFans' compliance with its duties to protect under-18s from restricted material and respond to information requests
Published: 1 May 2024
Last updated: 30 August 2024
Ofcom have opened an investigation into Fenix International Limited, the provider of VSP OnlyFans. The investigation concerns OnlyFans’ compliance with its statutory obligations under sections 368Y(3)(b) and (c), 368Z10(6), and 368Z1(2) of the Act.
‘Adults Only’: what to do if your online service allows pornography
Published: 16 July 2024
If you allow pornography on your online service, this page is for you. It explains what you need to know about the Online Safety Act and what you need to check to ensure you follow the rules.
Our proposed measures to improve children's online safety
Published: 8 May 2024
As the UK’s online safety regulator, we have published a package of proposed measures that social media and other online services must take to improve children’s safety when they’re online.
Enforcement programme into age assurance measures on UK-established, adult video-sharing platforms
Published: 18 December 2023
Last updated: 1 May 2024
This enforcement programme will look at whether UK-established, adult video-sharing platforms have appropriate age assurance measures in place, to protect children from pornographic material.