#online-safety-act

#online-safety-act

Website owners may be liable for user comments under the UK's Online Safety Act.

The Online Safety Act mandates content monitoring by all online service providers.

The Online Safety Act made strides in regulating major companies, but its implementation via Ofcom is criticized for leaving dangerous loopholes.

The UK's Online Safety Act may disproportionately burden smaller online forums with compliance requirements.

Ofcom's new guidance aims to enhance adult content regulation online, ensuring children are protected from accessing pornographic content.

Ofcom introduces stricter age verification measures for online pornography to protect children, requiring users to prove their age through methods like facial recognition.

Implementing of age verification checks on platforms displaying pornography aims to significantly reduce children's access to explicit content.

UK regulators mandate robust age checks for pornographic sites to protect children, aiming to change the landscape of online adult content access.

Online platforms must assess risks of illegal content by March 2025 or face financial penalties under the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom urges social media firms to act immediately to make platforms safer.

Ofcom warns tech firms about chatbot content impersonating real people under the UK's new digital laws.

New regulations in the UK aim to enhance online safety for children and adults, requiring platforms to act by mid-March 2025.

Social media companies must implement significant changes to user safety protocols under new UK regulations, including allowing individuals to exit group chats discreetly.

The Westminster 'honeytrap' investigation highlights serious concerns regarding online safety and harassment within political circles.

Cyber-flashing now a punishable crime

Convicted sex offender jailed for sending explicit images

The first conviction for the offense of cyber-flashing has occurred in England and Wales.

Cyber-flashing became an offense under the Online Safety Act on January 31, 2022.

The UK government has unveiled its plan for implementing the Online Safety Act, emphasizing proactive measures against online harms.

Parents and activists are calling for stricter regulations on social media and smartphone use for children under the age of 16.

Some lawmakers in the US and UK are considering banning under-16s from using social media or implementing tougher curbs on their use.

Children are exposed to violent online content at a young age in the UK.

Tech platforms are criticized for not doing enough to protect young users from harmful content.

Elon Musk's influence in the far-right movement and misinformation spread is increasingly seen as a severe societal threat that necessitates swift regulatory action.

UK government to investigate social media's role in summer riots and generative AI's impact.

Social media platforms are failing to effectively moderate suicide and self-harm content, with TikTok and Pinterest leading in removal efforts.

Social media fueling rising rates of animal abuse in England and Wales.

The Government's Online Safety Act will classify revenge porn as a priority offense, requiring social media platforms to proactively remove and prevent such content.

Revenge porn is to be classified as a serious online offence, highlighted by a rising number of non-consensual intimate image cases.

Laws designed to counter misinformation need revision after far-right riots.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan urges quick review of Online Safety Act post-violent unrest.

Ministers to review Online Safety Act following concerns on misinformation and far-right riots.

Swift justice and tough sentencing deter violent disorder. Anti-immigration protests subdued in England after riots stemming from misinformation about attackers. Police continue vigilant with over many arrests and tough sentences.

Social media regulations need to be revisited due to recent events and the spread of misinformation.

A man arrested in a political honeytrap plot.

A man has been arrested in connection with a honeytrap scandal in Westminster.