Ofcom Opens Nine New Investigations Under Online Safety Act

Under the Online Safety Act, websites that publish their own pornography must have highly effective age checks in place to stop children accessing this material. Search and user-to-user services – where people can see content shared by others, including social media, should have now assessed the risk of their UK users encountering illegal content and activity on their platforms, and must be taking appropriate steps to protect them from it.

Ofcom has opened more formal investigations under the Online Safety Act. This time, it is looking into an online discussion board and seven file-sharing services. It has not received responses to its statutory information requests from these services, which is a requirement under the Act.