UK Online Safety Act: Ofcom Publishes First Codes of Practice
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24
The first binding Codes of Practice under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) have now been published, requiring those in scope to take immediate action to become compliant. In particular, it is now a legal duty to carry out risk assessments for in-scope services against 17 kinds of illegal harms – including terrorism, hate, child sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud, and encouraging or assisting suicide....
By: Cooley LLP