Deepfake Defences 2 – The Attribution Toolkit
Published: 11 July 2025
Last updated: 22 August 2025
Deepfakes are AI-generated audio-visual content that is deliberately designed to misrepresent someone or something.
Protecting people from online suicide and self-harm material
Published: 5 March 2025
Last updated: 22 August 2025
In the latest in a series of explainers on specific online harms, Ofcom sets out what online service providers operating in the UK need to do to protect people from suicide and self-harm content.
Statement: Online Safety - fees and penalties
Published: 24 October 2024
Last updated: 19 August 2025
Ofcom is publishing its policy statement regarding the implementation of the online safety fees and penalties regime.
Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content
Published: 10 June 2025
Last updated: 13 August 2025
We are initiating an investigation to determine whether the online discussion board 4chan has failed—or is currently failing—to comply with its obligations under the Online Safety Act 2023.
Statement: Protecting people from illegal harms online
Published: 16 December 2024
Last updated: 30 July 2025
Our illegal harms policy statement includes our full guidance, Codes of Practice and other documents relating to online services' duties under the Online Safety Act.
Statement: Protecting children from harms online
Published: 24 April 2025
Last updated: 30 July 2025
Our protection of children policy Statement includes our full guidance, Codes of Practice and other documents relating to online services' duties under the Online Safety Act.
The UK’s Video-Sharing Platforms regime – A retrospective
Published: 28 July 2025
The UK Video-Sharing Platforms regime was repealed 25 July 2025.
Repeal of the UK’s Video-Sharing Platforms regime
Published: 28 July 2025
On July 25, 2025, the UK’s Video-Sharing Platforms (VSP) regime was repealed, and all notified services are now regulated under the Online Safety regime.
Five things industry can learn from Ofcom’s regulation of Video-Sharing Platforms
Published: 28 July 2025
Ofcom’s VSP regime has served as a testbed for online safety regulation, offering valuable insights that have informed our approach under the Online Safety Act.
Online safety rules: what you need to know
Published: 26 October 2023
Last updated: 28 July 2025
Ofcom is the regulator for online safety in the UK. Our job is to make sure that online services protect their users.