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Office of Communications released draft guidance on human review for intimate image abuse hash matching

On 18 May 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) released the draft guidance on the appropriate proportion of human review for intimate image abuse hash matching. The draft guidance assists providers of regulated user-to-user and search services…

Scope

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

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2026-05-18
under deliberation

On 18 May 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) released the draft guidance on the appropriate…