United Kingdom: Office of Communications opened consultation on Additional Duties Code of Practice for Category 1 Services including user empowerment measures

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Office of Communications opened consultation on Additional Duties Code of Practice for Category 1 Services including user empowerment measures

On 10 July 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened a consultation on the draft Additional Duties Code of Practice for Category 1 Services, until 2 October 2026. The draft code outlines 8 eight user empowerment measures for providers of Cat…

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, messaging service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2026-07-10
in consultation

On 10 July 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened a consultation on the draft Additional…

2026-10-02
processing consultation

On 2 October 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) closes the consultation on the draft Additi…