United Kingdom: Office of Communications opened public stakeholder engagement on transparency notices under Online Safety Act

On 15 April 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened a public stakeholder engagement on the development of transparency notices under the Online Safety Act 2023 until 30 April 2026. Ofcom published its Final Transparency Guidance in July 2025, setting out its approach to transparency reporting under the Online Safety Act 2023 and how it will determine what information service providers should include in their transparency reports. Ofcom is seeking views from civil society organisations, researchers, people with relevant expertise, and the public on the information they want service providers to publish. Respondents are directed to Schedule 8 to the Online Safety Act 2023 for the possible matters on which Ofcom may request information in transparency notices. Ofcom will use the views received to inform the development of transparency notices. Following the publication of the Register of Categorised Services in the summer, Ofcom will begin the process of issuing draft notices to providers of categorised services.