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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.
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
Learn about your responsibilities if you own or manage an online platform or service.
We've announced new rules for tech firms around online harms — below are answers to questions surrounding the Full Government Response.
UK customers may not be able to access their online content services when they visit the EU.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
These principles clarify the CMA’s view of the online and app-based games industry’s obligations under consumer protection law.
New laws will see harmful content filmed inside prisons removed from social media platforms more quickly – shielding victims from further trauma and protecting prison security.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
Check if a qualification is regulated and what level it is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
Online Safety Act receives Royal Assent putting rules to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online into law.
How safe platform design can protect your users from online harms and prepare your business or organisation for future legislation.
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
People at risk of gambling-related harm will be better protected under government plans to update betting rules for the digital age.
This page provides a guide for those interested in key upcoming digital regulatory activity being explored, developed or implemented by government. It covers a range of governance activities, from legislative change to the development of co-regulatory and self-regulatory frameworks.
Supporting documentation for legislation to establish a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online, and make reforms to the criminal law.
Legal aid application forms and guidance for civil and crime work: apply online or through CCMS, deal with high cost or exceptional cases.
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