In February 2022, after months of hearings, committee members Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) ...

The UK's new Online Safety Act, programmed for implementation in the second half of next year, could reshape how social media platforms deal with harmful online content.This legislation aims to ...

Under the UK Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), providers of regulated user-to-user and search services (service providers) have a raft of new duties, including to keep people safe from illegal harm.

The UK passed the Online Safety Act, which requires internet service providers to assess the potential harm caused by their services by March 16, 2025. This bill has been criticized for placing ...

The move represents a further escalation in hostilities by Silicon Valley against the UK and Europe and comes in the wake of ...

Passed in late 2023, the Online Safety Act is the UK’s first major legislation to regulate social media, search engine, messaging, gaming, dating, pornography and file-sharing platforms.

The first binding Codes of Practice under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) have now been published, requiring those in scope to take immediate action to become compliant. In particular ...

On Monday, the U.K.'s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety ...

New UK legislation aims to curb online abuse by enforcing swift removal of harmful content. Research shows even leisure communities can foster toxic behaviour.