United Kingdom: Office of Communications issued statement of reasons on categorisation impact assessment explaining why no separate assessment is required before adding services to the register

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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…

Scope

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
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2026-06-30
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On 30 June 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a statement of reasons explaining that…