UK laws on internet safety are "very uneven" and "unsatisfactory", Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has said, following calls ...

Ofcom has today published the first set of online safety rules for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. Platforms now have three months to assess the risk of their users ...

On Monday, the U.K.'s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety ...

Ian Russell calls the way Ofcom is policing new rules a "disaster" and says the PM must tackle "the reckless behaviours of ...

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) unveiled the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) ...

Ofcom has been under pressure to move faster in implementing the online safety regime following riots ... stakeholder responses to help shape these rules, since the legislation passed parliament ...

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Mr Russell said Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and X, formerly Twitter, owner Elon Musk “are at the leading edge of a wholesale ...

Internet safety advocates and campaigners complain that there are gaps in the UK’s laws including a lack of specific rules dealing with live streaming or content that projects or promotes self ...