Trying to track the staggered implementation of the UK Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”)? You are in safe hands here. See the latest updates and key dates below. 9 May 2025–Ofcom investigates two porn services
The Online Safety Act passed late last year, and Ofcom (the UK regulator) is steaming ahead with the process of implementation, including launching its third consultation on the guidance and codes for the protection of children. What exactly is required for services in scope? Firstly, providers...
Online Safety Actonline abuseIn the digital era, journalists are targeted with online abuse including serious threats of violence. These censorship tactics are a direct threat to media freedom. Although the UK Government intended to tackle online abuse of journalists in the Online Safety Act 2023, ...
UK Online Safety Act: Overview Louise Popple provides a table summary of the main obligations under the OSA. 更多 Online Safety Act – are you caught? Louise Popple looks at the range of businesses caught within the scope of the OSA. 更多 The UK's Online Safety Act – safety duties ...
The Online Safety Act will revolutionise how we interact online and, it is hoped, afford significantly better protection to victims of online harms. There remain, however, huge questions as to how the scheme will operate in practice, its impact on businesses (including new businesses) and the ...
Organisations in scope of the Online Safety Act must carry out an assessment by 16 April 2025 to determine if their services are likely to be accessed by children. If so, they will fall under the scope of the child harms duties which means having to conduct a risk assessment and protect ...
So far, it is not yet clear how — or even when — the Online Safety Act will be revisited. One industry source told CNBC that the government is "trying to work out what has happened over the last few days and focused on the response." ...
Louise Popple provides a table comparing obligations under the UK's Online Safety Act and the EU's Digital Services Act. 2 / 7 观点 Interface 2024年3月7日 Meeting illegal harms safety duties under the Online Safety Act – how to navigate Ofcom's proposals for user-to-user services Debbie...
The U.K. brought its sweeping online safety law into force Monday, paving the way for stricter supervision and potentially massive fines for tech giants.
It is in this context that the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) sets out new ways of regulating online pornography.2The OSA focuses on the design and operation of internet services, emphasising how their nature, systems and processes contribute to online harms. It emphasises the need for ...