File-storage and file-sharing: know the online safety risks, the rules, and how to comply
Published: 21 November 2025
Guidance for the file-storage and file-sharing industries on how the Online Safety Act applies to these services, the risks file-storage and file-sharing could present to users, and what to do to comply with the rules.
Online safety fees: what the duties are and how to comply with them
Published: 21 November 2025
Find out about the new fees-related duties imposed on certain providers of regulated services under the Online Safety Act and how to comply with them.
Statement: Online Safety - fees and penalties
Published: 24 October 2024
Last updated: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is consulting on proposals to implement the fees and penalties regime for online safety, under the Online Safety Act 2023.
Statement: Online safety fees - Notification guidance
Published: 1 September 2025
Last updated: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is publishing a statement on guidance for providers of regulated services under the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act) to help them in the process of making a fees regime notification under section 83 of the Act.
Statement: Guidance on qualifying worldwide revenue - online safety fees and penalties
Published: 18 July 2025
Last updated: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is publishing a consultation on guidance for providers of regulated services (under the Online Safety Act 2023) to help them calculate their qualifying worldwide revenue (QWR) for the online safety fees and penalties regime.
Consultation: Statement of Charging Principles - Online Safety Fees
Published: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is publishing a consultation on its Statement of Charging Principles (SoCP) for its online safety fees regime. The SoCP will set out the principles we propose to apply when setting fees, and details of the invoicing and payment processes.
Gaming: know the online safety risks, the rules, and how to comply
Published: 14 October 2025
Last updated: 20 November 2025
Guidance for the gaming industry on how the Online Safety Act applies to these services, the risks gaming could present to users, and what to do to comply with the rules.
Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content
Published: 10 June 2025
Last updated: 18 November 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.
Ofcom update on investigation into online suicide forum
Published: 6 November 2025
Last updated: 14 November 2025
Ofcom has today provided an update on our investigation into the provider of an online suicide forum under the UK’s Online Safety Act.
Ofcom's approach to implementing the Online Safety Act
Published: 26 October 2023
Last updated: 12 November 2025
Our plans for putting online safety laws into practice, and what we expect from tech firms.