United Kingdom: Office of Communications Year 2 Risk Assessment Information Requests under Online Safety Act 2023
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
01 Apr 2026 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
streaming service provider
software provider: other software
messaging service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Office of Communications issued formal information requests to more than 30 providers, covering more than 40 services, under the Online Safety Act 2023
On 1 April 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued formal information requests to more than 30 providers, covering more than 40 services, requiring the submission of Year 2 illegal harms risk assessments and children's risk assessments und…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body