Online Safety Act

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Source: UK Government
Date: 26 October 2023


The UK Government has announced that the Online Safety Act has now received Royal Assent putting rules to make the internet safer in the UK into law. The Act initiates Ofcom’s new powers and places legal responsibility on tech companies to prevent and remove illegal content and stop children seeing harmful content.

Read the press release: UK children and adults to be safer online as world-leading bill becomes law