The Internet Watch Foundation has called on the Prime Minister to step in over what it says are gaps in the Online Safety Act ...

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

Under the new rules, services hosting pornography must introduce robust age verification checks by July 2025. This includes services that publish their own pornographic content, as well as ...

It gives Ofcom the power to fine firms that fail to meet these ... In December, the regulator published the first set of ...

Online platforms have three months to assess the risk of their users encountering illegal content and implement safety measures or face prosecution.

The Online Safety Act finally became law last year ... to account until the end of lengthy consultations to update its rules. Ofcom’s final guidance for tech firms may not be published until ...

Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes and guidance ... The codes are designed to help platforms comply with the new rules by setting out best practice on the measures and ...

Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes ... The codes are designed to help platforms comply with the new rules by setting out best practice on the measures and ...

The new rules will take effect in ... the courts to block access to sites. “Ofcom’s illegal content codes are a material step change in online safety meaning that from March, platforms will ...