In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encry ...

The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly ...

In her first interview since regulators began enforcing elements of the Online Safety Act that require websites to verify ...

Some Americans have expressed anger over the Online Safety Act and say they are planning to sue Ofcom. Writing on X, Preston Byrne - a technology and free speech lawyer - said he will be suing Ofcom ...

The fallibility of technology means that the privacy of us all could be compromised, as new rules on age verification come ...

Online harms regulator Ofcom can begin enforcing its Illegal Content codes under the Online Safety Act (OSA) after giving firms three months to prepare. Published 16 December 2024, Ofcom’s ...

Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety ...

Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom can fine firms found to be in breach up to £18 million or 10% of global revenue, whichever is greater.

The UK's Online Safety Act (the "Act") is a transformative piece of legislation and is introducing extensive online safety obligations ...

The first binding Codes of Practice under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) have now been published, requiring those in scope to take immediate action to become compliant.

Back in March 2025, we published an article highlighting that Ofcom will be turning up the heat to ramp up pressure on platforms in relation to their duties to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA ...

"The road to online hell is paved with good intentions," said Melisa Tourt in The Critic – as we're discovering, now that the ...