Internet: Safety
Commons · Question 40561 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Christine Jardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) personal blogs and (c) community forums.
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 28 Mar 2025
Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope user-to-user and search services must risk assess for content that is illegal and harmful to children. Ofcom, the independent regulator for this regime, set out what steps small, low-risk providers need to take to ful...