The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) imposes extensive obligations on certain types of online service providers to protect users from illegal and harmful content. A key focus of the OSA is the protection ...

Social media firms could be hit with heavy fines - or even banned from the UK - under new measures to protect children from online harm. Watchdog Ofcom has published the final version of its ...

Ofcom is cracking down on Instagram, YouTube and 150,000 other web services to improve child safety online. A new Children’s Safety Code from the U.K. Internet regulator will push tech firms to run ...

It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.

The House of Lords is about to put the latest child-protection plans of UK regulator the Office of Communications (Ofcom) under the microscope.… On Tuesday, the Lords Communications and Digital ...

On 25 July 2025, having successfully passed through the required Parliamentary approval process, the first Protection of Children Codes of Practice for user-to-user and search services (the ...

The UK’s digital and comms regulator has announced a new code of practice for tech firms to ensure they meet their child safety obligations under the Online Safety Act. Published today, the Protection ...

In a landmark move to create a safer digital environment for young users, Ofcom has finalized a comprehensive set of over 40 practical measures that tech firms operating in the UK must implement by ...

In tandem with publishing its Use of Age Assurance Report, Ofcom has issued a statement that does a good job of summing up ...

Amazon has fallen foul of Ofcom‘s code in the UK for the first time. In a move that could become a more regular occurrence under the new Media Bill, which passed two weeks ago, streamer Prime Video ...

Children first see violent online content while still at primary school and describe it as an inevitable part of being online, according to research commissioned by UK comms regulator Ofcom. All ...