Online Safety Bill

Regulator Ofcom publishes its first draft codes of practice under the Online Safety Act which focuses on protecting children from harmful content and groomers.

One prominent commentator has suggested that governments may be 'cracking down' on free speech, as worries rise over ...

Watchdog confirmed Fadzai Madzingira's suspension over messages posted to her private Instagram account describing Israel as an 'apartheid ...

As the government announces an increase in surveillance and internet restrictions more people could turn to privacy tools ...

Fears remain that new powers to police online spaces will make the UK 'become a less free place.'

A law that the government says will make the UK 'the safest place in the world to be ...

Animal torture videos will be classified in the same category as other types of content like child sexual ...

Social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal have long claimed the Online Safety Bill's "Spy Clause" is ...

The Technology Secretary has warned social media firms must deactivate underaged children’s accounts or risk huge fines under ...

MPs and peers have no idea how rules in the Online Safety Bill will operate in detail because ...

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Conservative peer Daniel Moylan, who is concerned about the upcoming Online Safety ...

Upcoming powers in legislation regulating online spaces will force Big Tech companies to give bereaved parents as well ...

Internet users who encourage self-harm could be jailed for up to five years, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ...

Bosses of social media companies could be jailed if they fail to remove “misogynistic” content, under an amendment ...

Violent pornography has a strong influence on children who go on to commit sexual abuse, according to a ...

Seven of the world’s leading messaging apps have written a scathing open letter to the UK government over ...

The British Culture Secretary has confirmed plans under new online safety laws that will make tech executives and ...

Tory MPs are planning an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that would make tech executives criminally liable ...

The UK government has watered down powers in its legislation regulating online spaces but some free speech advocates ...

Online encouragement of self-harm will be criminalised under an updated version of the Online Safety Bill, the UK ...

Sharing “downblouse” images and pornographic “deepfakes” without consent could be criminalised in England and Wales. On Friday, the ...

Upcoming planned legislation to regulate online spaces is returning, the British government confirmed. On Thursday, Commons leader and ...

A coroner has issued recommendations including separate social media platforms for adults and children, following an inquest into ...

Newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that planned legislation to regulate online spaces will return, even ...

A survey by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has found almost six out of 10 experts in ...

New data shows a significant increase in the number of British primary school children generating their own sexual ...

The government has announced that the new Online Safety Bill has been put on hold until a new ...