Navigating the Online Safety Act - A roundtable discussion on Illegal Harms Consultation
Ofcom, the UK’s appointed online safety regulator, has recently published its first consultation on its formal guidance under the Online Safety Act. This includes its draft codes of practice and guidance for ‘Protecting People from Illegal Harms Online’
As drafted, the documents will impose some substantial operational changes on affected businesses, and still leaves significant areas of uncertainty.
Join our in-person roundtable discussion on Tuesday 30 January 2024, during which our experts will be explaining the consultation and outlining what we consider the key risks and challenges of these documents. We plan to submit the output of these discussions to Ofcom, although clients may wish to make their own responses.
To secure your spot, please RSVP with the button below. This event is in-person only, and will not be recorded to allow free discussion.
It is estimated that more than 20,000 entities in the UK alone may be in scope of the Act. The Act applies if you have an online presence and if this allows users to connect and share any kind of content, or if your service allows users to search sites and databases. It imposes a number of obligations on such services to keep people in the UK, especially children, safe online, particularly from illegal and pornographic content. The first Ofcom consultation, on illegal harms guidance, closes on 23 February 2024.
During the session, we hope to obtain your valuable feedback to help inform our intended submission on the consultation and allow you to better understand how these developments will affect your business.
As drafted, the documents will impose some substantial operational changes on affected businesses, and still leaves significant areas of uncertainty.
Join our in-person roundtable discussion on Tuesday 30 January 2024, during which our experts will be explaining the consultation and outlining what we consider the key risks and challenges of these documents. We plan to submit the output of these discussions to Ofcom, although clients may wish to make their own responses.
To secure your spot, please RSVP with the button below. This event is in-person only, and will not be recorded to allow free discussion.
What is the Online Safety Act?
It is estimated that more than 20,000 entities in the UK alone may be in scope of the Act. The Act applies if you have an online presence and if this allows users to connect and share any kind of content, or if your service allows users to search sites and databases. It imposes a number of obligations on such services to keep people in the UK, especially children, safe online, particularly from illegal and pornographic content. The first Ofcom consultation, on illegal harms guidance, closes on 23 February 2024.
During the session, we hope to obtain your valuable feedback to help inform our intended submission on the consultation and allow you to better understand how these developments will affect your business.
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