The UK has fired the starting gun on its new online safety rules. Affected tech firms have until mid-March to come up with assessments about illegal harms on their platforms.
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The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has issued a stern warning to tech firms to make sure they're prepared to comply with the Online Safety Act.
The United States and the United Kingdom have announced a new partnership aimed at improving online safety for children.
U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into adult content-sharing platform OnlyFans regarding the platform's insufficient age-verification measures that failed to restrict minors.
The UK-based consumer rights group, Which?, has exposed the scale of scam ads across major online platforms such as Google, YouTube, and Facebook. It called on companies to do more.
Ofcom is set to make search engines do more to protect users against self-harm content. A study it commissioned found that self-harm glorification was easily accessible from search results.
