Coverage Check — Online Safety Act implementation
Audit of public-source material that may be missing from this policy thread.
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14 itemsThis is a major statutory Ofcom guidance document under section 54 of the Online Safety Act 2023, directly implementing a specific duty of the Act relating to harms disproportionately affecting women and girls.
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What it adds: Adds the final Ofcom guidance on women and girls' online safety — a distinct statutory deliverable under the Act not yet represented on the thread.
"Ofcom's Guidance identifies a total of nine areas where technology firms can do more to improve women and girls' online safety by taking responsibility, designing their services to prevent harm and supporting their users."
This is a statutory Ofcom consultation on a specific duty under the Online Safety Act 2023 (section 75 deceased child user duties), a distinct implementation milestone not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the December 2025 Ofcom consultation on deceased child user duties — a separate statutory deliverable from the children's codes already on the thread.
"We are consulting on our draft Guidance to help providers of categorised services understand and comply with the deceased child user duties, set out in section 75 of the Online Safety Act 2023."
This is Ofcom's final statement and guidance on the super-complaints regime — a distinct statutory deliverable from the gov.uk consultation outcome already on the thread, which covers the government's eligibility criteria regulations rather than Ofcom's own guidance.
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What it adds: Adds the Ofcom-side final guidance publication for super-complaints (February 2026), complementing the gov.uk consultation outcome already on the thread.
"Today we are publishing our guidance for the online safety super-complaints regime, enabling eligible organisations to bring systemic issues to Ofcom's attention about features of regulated online services."
This is a major Ofcom consultation on additional safety measures to update the Codes of Practice — a key implementation step under the Act not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the December 2025 Ofcom consultation on additional safety measures, which proposes updates to both the illegal harms and children's codes of practice.
"This consultation sets out Ofcom's latest proposals to strengthen our Codes of Practice for providers of online services, as part of our role under the Online Safety Act 2023."
This is a substantive backbench business debate in the Commons on online harms and Online Safety Act implementation, directly relevant to the thread's scope.
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What it adds: Adds a March 2026 Commons debate on online harms and OSA effectiveness, a period not yet covered by any Hansard debate on the thread.
"Experts described the Online Safety Act as a ceiling for safety, not a floor. In many cases, social media companies are doing little more than their statutory duty."
This is a Commons oral questions exchange on protecting young people online under the Online Safety Act, directly relevant to the thread's implementation focus.
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What it adds: Adds a February 2026 oral questions exchange on OSA implementation for children — the thread has no Hansard entries for February 2026.
"With the groundbreaking steps in the Online Safety Act 2023, we are protecting children from illegal and harmful content online. The Secretary of State's first step was to ensure that self-harm and suicide content were made priority offences."
This is the Hansard record of the ministerial statement accompanying the launch of the 'Growing up in the Online World' consultation, which is on the thread as a gov.uk URL but the Hansard debate record is not.
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What it adds: Adds the Hansard record of the ministerial statement on the 'Growing up in the Online World' consultation, complementing the gov.uk consultation URL already on the thread.
"The consultation will gather insights from the public, parents, carers, young people, civil society and tech companies on how to keep children safe online, including across social media, gaming platforms and AI chatbots."
This is the government's news announcement of the decision to add serious self-harm content as a priority offence — the statutory instrument amending priority offences is on the thread but this accompanying policy announcement is not.
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What it adds: Adds the September 2025 government announcement of the self-harm priority offence amendment, providing the policy context for the SI already on the thread.
"The government has today announced urgent action to toughen the Online Safety Act by putting stricter legal requirements on tech companies to hunt down and remove material that encourages or assists serious self-harm."
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This is the written ministerial statement accompanying the launch of the 'Growing up in the Online World' consultation — the gov.uk consultation page is on the thread but this written statement URL is not.
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What it adds: Adds the written ministerial statement (HCWS1370) for the 'Growing up in the Online World' consultation, a distinct parliamentary record not yet on the thread.
"The consultation seeks views on further measures to improve children's relationship with the online world, gathering insights from the public, parents, carers, young people, civil society and tech companies."
This Westminster Hall debate on repealing the Online Safety Act 2023 is a directly relevant parliamentary event for the implementation thread, covering scrutiny of the Act's effectiveness.
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What it adds: Adds a December 2025 Westminster Hall debate on the Online Safety Act 2023 repeal — a period not covered by any Hansard entry on the thread.
"Westminster Hall debate on Online Safety Act 2023: Repeal — a debate on whether the Act should be repealed, directly relevant to the implementation thread."
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This is Ofcom's announcement of the finalisation of the illegal harms codes of practice — a major implementation milestone under the Act that is not yet represented on the thread as a distinct event.
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What it adds: Adds the December 2024 Ofcom announcement of the final illegal harms codes of practice, a key statutory milestone not separately captured on the thread.
"Ofcom has today, four months ahead of the statutory deadline, published its first-edition codes of practice and guidance on tackling illegal harms under the UK's Online Safety Act."
This written answer confirms government policy on extending the Online Safety Act to cover AI chatbots — a significant policy development for the implementation thread.
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What it adds: Adds a March 2026 written answer confirming the government's intention to bring AI chatbots into scope of the Online Safety Act via delegated powers, not yet on the thread.
"Through a new delegated power, we will be able to bring currently unregulated AI chatbots into the scope of the Online Safety Act, ensuring they are subject to requirements to protect users from illegal content and activity."
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This is Ofcom's consultation on draft guidance for women and girls' online safety — a statutory consultation under section 54 of the Act, representing a distinct implementation step not on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the February 2025 Ofcom consultation on draft women and girls guidance — the consultation stage preceding the November 2025 final guidance, not yet on the thread.
"We are now inviting feedback on our draft Guidance, as well as further evidence on any additional measures that could be included to address harms that disproportionately affect women and girls."
Ofcom's first annual summary report on the technology sector's response to the Online Safety Act is a statutory-adjacent report required under the Act's monitoring framework, representing a significant implementation milestone.
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What it adds: Adds Ofcom's first 'Online Safety in 2025' industry response report — a new type of statutory monitoring publication not yet represented on the thread.
"We have reflected on this progress, and our strategic priorities for 2026, in our first summary report on the technology sector's response to the UK's new online safety rules."
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5 itemsThis is Ofcom's quarterly industry bulletin summarising implementation progress and upcoming milestones under the Online Safety Act — useful for tracking the implementation timeline.
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What it adds: Adds Ofcom's March 2026 industry bulletin, which covers enforcement activity, CSEA reporting duties coming into force, and the fees notification deadline — not represented elsewhere on the thread.
"As we move into 2026, we continue to see action taken in response to the Online Safety Act, including more services introducing age checks across social media, dating, gaming and messaging, alongside ongoing enforcement activity where services fall short."
This bulletin summarises Ofcom's 2025 implementation progress and 2026 priorities, including the publication of the Online Safety in 2025 report and updated roadmap timelines.
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What it adds: Adds Ofcom's December 2025 industry bulletin, which references the Online Safety in 2025 report and updated implementation timelines not otherwise captured on the thread.
"We have reflected on this progress, and our strategic priorities for 2026, in our first summary report on the technology sector's response to the UK's new online safety rules."
This is Ofcom's press release accompanying the women and girls guidance — it is a secondary source to the guidance statement itself but provides additional context on enforcement intentions.
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What it adds: Adds the Ofcom press release on the women and girls guidance, which includes the five-point accountability plan and open letter to tech firms not detailed in the guidance document itself.
"New industry guidance from Ofcom demands practical action against online misogynistic abuse, pile-ons, stalking and intimate image abuse, with Ofcom setting out a five-point plan to hold sites and apps to account."
Ofcom's regularly updated implementation roadmap is a key reference document for tracking the statutory timeline of the Online Safety Act regime.
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What it adds: Adds Ofcom's updated implementation roadmap page, which sets out revised timelines for categorised services register (July 2026) and other key deliverables not yet on the thread.
"Below we provide an update on the remaining implementation steps for the regime, focusing on when we will deliver the codes, guidance, statutory reports, and advice to Secretary of State required under the Act."
This Ofcom page sets out the operational details of the online safety fees regime coming into force in 2026/27 — a key implementation milestone under Part 6 of the Act.
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What it adds: Adds the Ofcom fees compliance page confirming the 2026/27 initial charging year and notification deadline of 11 April 2026, not yet captured on the thread.
"The initial charging year will be 2026/27, starting from 1 April 2026 and ending on 31 March 2027. Invoices for the initial 2026/27 charging year are expected to be issued by Ofcom to fee-liable providers by September 2026."
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4 itemsThe final Statement of Charging Principles is the last statutory document needed to implement the online safety fees regime under Part 6 of the Act, a significant implementation milestone.
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What it adds: Adds the February 2026 Ofcom statement finalising the fees regime — the thread has no entry for this final fees decision despite earlier consultations being referenced.
"Today, we are publishing our Statement of Charging Principles (SoCP), which represents the final regulatory document required to implement the online safety fees regime."
This is Ofcom's updated statutory guidance on information powers under the Online Safety Act, including new data preservation notices — a distinct implementation deliverable not on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the December 2025 Ofcom update to Online Safety Information Powers Guidance, covering new coroner and data preservation notice provisions not previously captured.
"Separately, today we published our updated Online Safety Information Powers Guidance, reflecting the new Data Preservation Notices provisions duties and updating our guidance on Coroner Information Notices."
This Commons Library briefing provides a useful overview of OSA implementation but is a secondary analytical document rather than a primary policy event.
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What it adds: Provides background context on implementation phases but does not represent a distinct policy event or decision.
"Ofcom, the online safety regulator, is implementing the act in three phases, as summarised in a roadmap (October 2024) and webpage on important dates for online safety compliance (December 2024)."
This is the fourth and final Ofcom consultation on the online safety fees regime — a distinct statutory consultation step under Part 6 of the Act not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the November 2025 fourth fees consultation (Statement of Charging Principles), completing the fees regime consultation sequence not yet captured on the thread.
"Today we are publishing our fourth and final consultation to implement the online safety fees regime, setting out our draft Statement of Charging Principles."
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2 itemsThis is a reference page listing compliance deadlines rather than a distinct policy event — useful context but not a thread event.
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What it adds: Provides background on compliance timelines but is a living reference document rather than a discrete policy event.
"If you do not meet the deadlines for compliance, Ofcom can take enforcement action against your service under the Online Safety Act 2023."
This is the GOV.UK collection page for the Online Safety Act — a useful index but not a discrete policy event.
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What it adds: Provides a landing page for all OSA-related publications but is not itself a policy event.
"As of 25 July 2025, platforms have a legal duty to protect children online. Platforms are now required to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing pornography, or content which encourages self-harm, suicide or eating disorder content."