United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology laid before Parliament draft amendments to Illegal Content Codes of Practice and Protection of Children Codes of Practice to establish crisis response protocol

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Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology laid before Parliament draft amendments to Illegal Content Codes of Practice and Protection of Children Codes of Practice to establish crisis response protocol

On 18 June 2026, the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology laid before Parliament draft amendments to the Illegal Content Codes of Practice and Protection of Children Codes of Practice establishing a crisis respons…

Scope

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

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2026-06-09
adopted

On 9 June 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published a statement setting out new crisis r…

2026-06-18
adopted

On 18 June 2026, the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology laid …