Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
Last updated: 15 November 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.
Online service categorisation: information notices
Published: 17 October 2024
How Ofcom plans to issue information notices to relevant providers for the purpose of categorisation.
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.
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.
Protecting your child in the digital world
Published: 19 April 2011
Last updated: 8 October 2024
Going online and watching TV are an everyday part of children’s lives.
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.
Boosting children's safety online: Help Centres
Published: 8 May 2024
Last updated: 30 July 2024
This online trial tested different ways to encourage children to access age-appropriate user support materials (or help centre) during the sign-up process of a mock social media platform.
TikTok fined £1.875m for providing inaccurate data on safety controls
Published: 24 July 2024
Ofcom has today fined TikTok £1.875 million for failing to accurately respond to a formal request for information about its parental controls safety feature.
Investigation into TikTok's compliance with a statutory information request
Published: 14 December 2023
Last updated: 24 July 2024
We are investigating whether TikTok has failed to comply with its duties to provide information in response to a formal notice, in such a manner as specified by Ofcom.