Enforcement programme into measures being taken by file-sharing and file-storage services to prevent users from encountering or sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)

UK — Ofcom · 2025-03-17 · UK · verified record

Themes: Child safety & minors · Hate speech & illegal content

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

Open Duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’) to protect users from encountering, and prevent offenders sharing, child sexual abuse material (‘CSAM’) on file-sharing and file-storage services. 17 March 2025 Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of file-sharing and file-storage services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from image-based CSAM to ensure users do not encounter, and offenders are not able to disseminate, such content on their services. Relevant Legal Provision: Sections 10(2) and

Open Duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’) to protect users from encountering, and prevent offenders sharing, child sexual abuse material (‘CSAM’) on file-sharing and file-storage services. 17 March 2025 Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of file-sharing and file-storage services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from image-based CSAM to ensure users do not encounter, and offenders are not able to disseminate, such content on their services. Relevant Legal Provision: Sections 10(2) and …

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