Investigation into an online suicide discussion forum and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content

UK — Ofcom · 2025-04-09 · UK · verified record

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

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

Open The provider of an online suicide discussion forum. Due to its nature, we have decided not to name the provider and forum. 9 April 2025 We are investigating whether a provider of an online suicide discussion forum has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to: - adequately respond to a statutory information request; - complete and keep a record of a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; and - comply with the safety duties about illegal content, the duties relating to content reporting and duties about complaints procedures, which ap

Open The provider of an online suicide discussion forum. Due to its nature, we have decided not to name the provider and forum. 9 April 2025 We are investigating whether a provider of an online suicide discussion forum has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to: - adequately respond to a statutory information request; - complete and keep a record of a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; and - comply with the safety duties about illegal content, the duties relating to content reporting and duties about complaints procedures, which ap…

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