File-storage and file-sharing: know the online safety risks, the rules, and how to comply
Published: 21 November 2025
Last updated: 26 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.
Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
Last updated: 26 November 2025
The Online Safety Act makes companies that operate a wide range of online services legally responsible for keeping people safe online.
The Online Safety Act: A safer life online for women and girls
Published: 25 November 2025
Online interactions play a major role in our daily lives. While most people have positive experiences online, for many women and girls life online can be an extension of harmful gender dynamics that exist in wider society.
Ofcom: Tech firms must up their game to tackle online harms against women and girls
Published: 25 November 2025
Online safety watchdog, Ofcom, today launches new industry guidance demanding that tech firms step up to deliver a safer online experience for millions of women and girls in the UK.
Statement and Guidance: A safer life online for women and girls
Published: 25 February 2025
Last updated: 25 November 2025
Today we are publishing practical guidance for tech companies on creating a safer life online for women and girls.
Online safety fees: what the duties are and how to comply with them
Published: 21 November 2025
Last updated: 24 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: 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.
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.
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.