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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance including contingency arrangements for our online system for civil and family certificated legal aid work.
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.
Check if someone selling medicines online in Northern Ireland is allowed to do so by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to create anonymous or multiple accounts.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
This page provides a collection of online media literacy resources and events.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to interact, and to share text and other content.
Report internet content promoting terrorism, extremism or violence - your report will be treated anonymously.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform makes users’ account details and activity visible to others.
Check if an online retailer that sells pet medicines is on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s accredited internet retailer scheme (AIRS)
Documents, publications and announcements relating to the government's Online Safety Bill.
This page brings together research commissioned by DCMS related to onlines harms. It informs government policy to prevent harm related to online activities. It also contains research by the UK Council for Internet Safety.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
Information and advice for businesses on how to comply with consumer protection law in the online reviews and endorsements sectors.
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