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Time to take action? UK Online Safety Act comes into force

With Ofcom’s publication this week (16 December 2024) of the Regulatory documents & guidance (Statement: Protecting people from illegal harms online), online providers must take action to start to comply with the new Online Safety Act (OSA) rules. In particular those institutions providing “user-to-user services” will need to assess whether or not they need to […]

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Unpacking the Online Safety Act 2023: What does it mean for universities?

Introduction  The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) came into force on 26 October 2023 and places new legal duties and responsibilities on online service providers to prevent, detect and remove illegal content.   Although the Act is aimed primarily at the largest social media and video-sharing services many organisations including universities will be expected to play […]