The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Peter Kyle): Today, the Government have reached two significant milestones in the implementation of the Online Safety Act (“the Act”), marking an important step forward in c

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Themes: Child safety & minors · Online platforms · Search services

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

Today, the Government have reached two significant milestones in the implementation of the Online Safety Act (“the Act”), marking an important step forward in creating a safer online environment for all UK citizens. Today, I am laying in Parliament Ofcom’s first draft codes of practice for the illegal content duties and draft regulations setting out the threshold conditions for category 1, 2A and 2B services under the Act. Ofcom’s draft illegal content duties codes of practice: The illegal content duties apply to all regulated user-to-user and search services under the Act, no matter their siz

Today, the Government have reached two significant milestones in the implementation of the Online Safety Act (“the Act”), marking an important step forward in creating a safer online environment for all UK citizens. Today, I am laying in Parliament Ofcom’s first draft codes of practice for the illegal content duties and draft regulations setting out the threshold conditions for category 1, 2A and 2B services under the Act. Ofcom’s draft illegal content duties codes of practice: The illegal content duties apply to all regulated user-to-user and search services under the Act, no matter their siz…

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