Understanding online communications among children
Published: 9 November 2023
Last updated: 16 December 2024
Ofcom has been conducting research to understand children’s experiences of communications online, including any uncomfortable or unwanted contact and receiving sexualised messages.
Consulting children about online safety
Published: 16 December 2024
Ofcom has been consulting with children to find out what they think about Ofcom’s proposals to improve online safety.
New rules for online services: what you need to know
Published: 27 February 2024
Last updated: 16 December 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.
Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
Last updated: 16 December 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 children will be protected from accessing online pornography
Published: 29 November 2024
The Online Safety Act introduces new rules to make sure children are protected from accessing pornography.
Children's online 'user ages'
Published: 11 October 2022
Last updated: 28 November 2024
Research to understand to what extend children are bypassing age assurance measures.
Consultation: Protecting children from harms online
Published: 8 May 2024
Last updated: 25 November 2024
Our proposals for how internet services should approach their new duties relating to content that is harmful to children.
Online service categorisation: information notices
Published: 17 October 2024
How Ofcom plans to issue information notices to relevant providers for the purpose of categorisation.
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.