SI explanatory text
Section 66 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) requires certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content (âCSEA contentâ) detected on their internet service to the National Crime Agency (âNCAâ). If these providers already have arrangements in place for reporting CSEA content to a foreign agency which is exercising functions similar to the NCA (such as the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the United States of America), then this content is not required by section 66 to be reported to the NCA.
SI explanatory text
These Regulations are the first regulations to be made under section 86 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (âthe Actâ). They specify the âthreshold figureâ for the purposes of section 83 (duty to notify OFCOM) and section 84 of that Act (duty to pay fees).
SI explanatory text
These Regulations amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (âthe Actâ). Criminal offences listed in Schedule 7 to the Act are made âpriority offencesâ by section 59(7)(c) of the Act. Part 3 of the Act imposes duties on providers of certain internet services in relation to priority offences and content which amounts to these offences.
Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) (Revocation) Regulations 2025
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Under section 169(1) of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (power to make super-complaints) an eligible entity may make a complaint to OFCOM about certain issues relating to online safety.âThese Regulations set out the criteria that an entity must meet to be an âeligible entityâ for this purpose and contain provision about procedural matters relating to such complaints.
Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2025
SI explanatory text
Section 66 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (âOSAâ) requires certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content (âCSEA contentâ) to the National Crime Agency (âNCAâ). If these providers are already reporting CSEA to a body which is exercising functions similar to the NCA, then this content is not required by section 66 to be reported to the NCA.
SI explanatory text
These Regulations are made under the Online Safety Act 2023 (âthe Actâ) to provide for threshold conditions for Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B services.
SI explanatory text
These Regulations amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (âthe Actâ). Criminal offences listed in Schedule 7 to the Act are made âpriority offencesâ by section 59 of the Act. Part 3 of the Act imposes duties on providers of certain internet services in relation to priority offences and content which amounts to these offences.
SI explanatory text
These Regulations specify the date from which Video-Sharing Platforms (VSPs) known as âpre-existing Part 4B servicesâ are subject to the requirement to complete assessments, in line with sections 9 (illegal content risk assessment duties), 11 (childrenâs risk assessment duties) and 35 (childrenâs access assessments or CAAs) of the Online Safety Act 2023 (âthe 2023 Actâ).
Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024
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These Regulations specify those overseas regulators with whom the Office of Communications (âOFCOMâ) can co-operate under their power in section 114 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (âthe Actâ).ââOverseas regulatorâ is defined in section 114(7) as âa person exercising functions in a country outside the United Kingdom which correspond to any of OFCOMâs online safety functionsâ (defined in section 235).