United Kingdom: Online Safety Act (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 classifying self-harm content as priority offences
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
21 Oct 2025 under deliberation
08 Sep 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Secretary of State laid before parliament draft Online Safety Act (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 classifying self-harm content as priority offences
On 21 October 2025, the Secretary of State laid before Parliament the draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. The draft statutory instrument updates Schedule 7 of the Online Safety Act to include cyberflashing …
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
drafting
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government
Government announced amendment to Online Safety Act 2023 designating self-harm and suicide content as a priority offence
On 8 September 2025, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the Online Safety Act will be amended to designate content encouraging or assisting serious self-harm as a priority offence. The regulations would establish le…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government