Children will be prevented from encountering adult content and protected from other types of harmful content under Ofcom’s new industry guidance which sets out how it expects sites and apps to ...

A bereaved dad has warned Rachel Reeves she must reject the “nonsense” from tech giants that online safety is at odds with economic growth. Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter Molly took ...

Ofcom, the communications watchdog, pays 20 of its staff more than the Prime Minister’s salary despite repeated criticism of its performance, new figures show. Dame Melanie Dawes, the chief ...

Websites that host pornographic or other harmful content must have "robust" age verification in place for UK users by July at the latest, Ofcom has said. In a new round of guidance ahead of the ...

Under the Online Safety Act, all social media and search services are required to carry out a children’s access assessment to determine if their site is likely to be accessed by children (PA ...

Websites that host pornographic or other harmful content must have "robust" age verification in place for UK users by July at the latest, Ofcom has said. In a new round of guidance ahead of the ...

In this Personal View, we critically evaluate the limitations and underlying challenges of existing research into the negative mental health consequences of internet-mediated technologies on young ...

The online safety regulator has published new guidance as it prepares to start enforcing the Online Safety Act. Under the Online Safety Act, all social media and search services are required to ...

People wishing to access porn will have to look at least 25 years old under new Ofcom rules. All platforms – from social media giants to porn sites – will be required by July to have put in ...