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The Online Safety Act 2023 establishes a new regulatory framework for online safety in the UK. Ofcom is the regulator. The Act imposes duties on providers of user-to-user services and search services to protect users (especially children) from illegal and harmful content.
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- Duty of care on service providers to protect users from illegal content
- Enhanced duties to protect children from harmful content
- Ofcom as the online safety regulator with enforcement powers
- New criminal offences for threatening, false, and intimate image communications
- Platforms must have systems to prevent, identify, and remove illegal content
- Transparency reporting requirements for major platforms
- Maximum penalties of up to 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue or £18 million