Under the draft Online Safety Bill, the regulator Ofcom would have the power to levy fines of up to £18m or 10% of global profits, whichever is higher, on social media platforms which fail to ...

The responsibility for enforcing the online safety bill rests with Ofcom. Gina recognises that there will be a lot of work involved to “build capacity” but she is “optimistic”.

Under new Ofcom rules, pornography websites, starting with pay sites, will have to show how they are protecting underage ...

The British regulatory authority Ofcom warns that porn providers will face tough enforcement measures if they do not ...

The Online Safety Bill is due to be debated in Parliament on Tuesday. Among its proposals are: Regulator Ofcom would get powers to regulate social media sites Companies could be forced to have a ...

Social media giants and adult sites which fail to introduce age checks ‘can expect enforcement action’, says Ofcom executive ...

Ofcom is empowered to block access to particular websites ... Full Fact also campaigned to include protections from health misinformation in the Online Safety Bill. We did originally secure a ...

Research from the Children's Commissioner for England in January 2023 found that on average, children in the UK first see online pornography at 13 years old.

The father of a teenage girl who killed herself after looking at harmful social media content has told Sir Keir Starmer that ...