Making life safer online: our priorities for the year ahead
Published: 8 May 2026
This article shines a light on some of the key trade-offs involved and the judgements we have made.
Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
Last updated: 8 May 2026
The Online Safety Act makes companies that operate a wide range of online services legally responsible for keeping people safe online.
Call for evidence: Statutory report on content harmful to children
Published: 10 February 2026
Last updated: 21 April 2026
This is a call for evidence in preparation for the first statutory report that Ofcom must produce under the Act on content harmful to children
Ofcom investigates Telegram and teen chat sites
Published: 21 April 2026
Ofcom has launched an investigation into Telegram under the UK’s Online Safety Act, to determine whether it is doing enough to prevent child sexual abuse material being shared.
Enforcement programme into measures being taken by file-sharing and file-storage services to prevent users from encountering or sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
Published: 17 March 2025
Last updated: 21 April 2026
Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of file-sharing and file-storage services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from image-based CSAM to ensure users do not encounter, and offenders are not able to disseminate, such content on their services.
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
Published: 24 April 2025
Last updated: 20 April 2026
Children in the UK will be able to live a safer life online under new Ofcom protections which set ambitious new safety standards for tech firms. As the UK’s online safety regulator, protecting children is a priority for Ofcom. We’re determined to make the online world a better place for them – and to give parents peace of mind that their children will be better protected from the risks they might face.
Enforcement Programme to monitor if services are meeting their children’s risk assessment duties under the Online Safety Act 2023
Published: 9 July 2025
Last updated: 13 April 2026
Ofcom has opened an enforcement programme to monitor if services are meeting their children’s risk assessment and record keeping duties.
Protection of children duties under the Online Safety Act
Published: 18 February 2026
Last updated: 1 April 2026
Guidance and resources on carrying out a children's risk assessment and putting in place protections under the safety and related duties.
Enforcement Programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 16 January 2025
Last updated: 31 March 2026
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 whether First Time Videos LLC has failed to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023
Published: 10 June 2025
Last updated: 31 March 2026
We are investigating whether First Time Videos LLC 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.