In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encry ...

Wikipedia has lost its High Court challenge against the Online Safety Act – but what does that actually mean? The act ...

Nigel Farage has cited freedom of speech concerns and says the act is an example of overreach by the government ...

The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly ...

Some users of YouTube in the United States may be barred from the platform starting Wednesday as the Google-owned media giant ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of "failing a generation of young women" by ...

Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety ...

From Monday, the regulator will start enforcing the Online Safety Act’s illegal content codes, requiring social media companies to find and remove content such as child sexual abuse material.

The revival of the Kids Online Safety Act comes amid U.S. and global discussions over how to best protect children online. In late 2024, Australia approved a social media ban for under-16s.

The Online Safety Act has just come into force and is the UK government’s attempt to deal with what they perceive as the nasties on the Internet, and while some of its aspirations may be ...

The Online Safety Bill has now become the Online Safety Act, after receiving Royal Assent on Thursday (26 October). Sharing the news, the government said it will make "the UK the safest place in ...

"The road to online hell is paved with good intentions," said Melisa Tourt in The Critic – as we're discovering, now that the ...