Progress

Current status
under deliberation
18 May 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
search service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

18 May 2026
under deliberation

Office of Communications released draft guidance on human review for intimate image abuse hash matching

On 18 May 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) released the draft guidance on the appropriate proportion of human review for intimate image abuse hash matching. The draft guidance assists providers of regulated user-to-user and search services…

Event type outline
Action type drafting
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body