Ofcom taking action against 'several' companies for potential Online Safety Act breaches, following LBC investigation

Ofcom taking action against 'several' companies for potential Online Safety Act breaches, following LBC investigation

Ofcom is taking enforcement action against “several” companies for potential breaches of the Online Safety Act, the Technology Secretary has told LBC.

The UK’s Online Safety Act and ‘Terrorist Content’

By Katy Vaughan Ofcom, as the UK’s independent regulator of ‘Online Safety’ is taking a phased approach to the implementation of the Online Safety Act, which passed into law in October 2023. In December 2024 Ofcom published its statement on the progress of the first phase of implementation which focuses on ‘illegal harms’, including the publication of the ‘Illegal Content Codes of Practice’ (issued in February 2025). This post provides a brief i…