The UK is enforcing new online safety rules requiring tech firms to block unsolicited sexual images, prioritizing ...

If you live in the UK, the way you access the internet is about to fundamentally change. A new law, the Online Safety Act, comes into force on 25 July and will see a broad range of online providers ...

Social media platforms and other online services operating in the UK are facing new regulations. Ofcom, the UK's communication services regulator, has released over 40 safety measures that applicable ...

Tech platforms operating in the UK can now be sanctioned for failing to remove illegal online content as required by the Online Safety Act. The law, which was passed in October 2023 by the UK ...

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 Act. This starts the clock ticking on the ...

A lawyer for 4chan said the imageboard website’s operators will refuse to pay fines levied under the UK’s Online Safety Act. “Ofcom’s notices create no legal obligations in the United States,” lawyer ...

The United Kingdom is now fully enforcing its Online Safety Act, which was passed by Parliament in 2023. The law calls for shielding all users from illegal content with special protections for ...

Enforcement of a first-of-its-kind United Kingdom law that Elon Musk wants Donald Trump to gut kicked in today, with potentially huge penalties possibly imminent for any Big Tech companies deemed ...

On Friday, the UK Government rolled out new measures first introduced with the Online Safety Act 2023 that requires services to verify users' ages to access certain content. Over the weekend, a ...

The UK’s Online Safety Act became law in October 2023 with the aim to enhance online safety for all internet users, particularly children, by placing obligations on service providers that either host ...

A universal feature of traveling Europe as a Hackaday scribe is that when you sit in a hackerspace in another country and proclaim how nice a place it all is, the denizens will respond pessimistically ...