United Kingdom: Online Safety Act categorised services register
Progress
Current status
adopted
30 Jun 2026 adopted
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
search service provider
messaging service provider
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Office of Communications issued statement of reasons on categorisation impact assessment explaining why no separate assessment is required before adding services to the register
On 30 June 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a statement of reasons explaining that it does not consider a separate impact assessment necessary before placing services on the register of categorised services, which identifies the lar…
Event type
outline
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body