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.
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.
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 whether Itai Tech Ltd has failed to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023
Published: 9 May 2025
Last updated: 20 November 2025
We are investigating whether Itai Tech Ltd has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
Ofcom fines nudification site £50,000 for failing to introduce age-checks
Published: 20 November 2025
New investigations launched into a further 20 pornography sites as regulator continues crack-down on non-compliance
Enforcement Programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 16 January 2025
Last updated: 20 November 2025
Ofcom is opening an enforcement programme into age assurance measures across the adult sector, which will initially focus on regulated providers’ compliance with the Part 5 duties.
Investigation into the provider of xgroovy.com’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 11 September 2025
Last updated: 20 November 2025
Investigation into Cyberitic, LLC’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 11 September 2025
Last updated: 20 November 2025