Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.
As people communicate seamlessly online and offline, we now need to invest our efforts into making digital communications work for everyone
Ofcom wants to understand how adults and children in the UK use media.
Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom's job is to make online services safer for the people who use them. We make sure companies have effective systems in place to protect users from harm
Ofcom is committed to a thriving telecoms sector, where companies can compete fairly and customers benefit from a broad range of services
Ofcom's job is to make sure there is a universal postal service.
You can't see or feel radio spectrum, but we use it every day. Our job is to authorise and manage the use of spectrum in the UK.
We make sure that broadcasters provide quality TV, radio and on-demand programmes that appeal to diverse audiences. We also have rules in place to protect viewers and listeners from harm.
How to make the most of communications services as a small business.
How to make the most of the services you use, and deal with problems.
Proposals we are consulting on and decisions we've made.
How we make sure companies follow our rules, to protect customers and promote competition.
Rules, guidance and other information for the industries we regulate.
If you're looking to use certain radio equipment, or broadcast on TV or radio, you'll need a licence from Ofcom.
Our latest news, features, views and information about our work.
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Published: 9 June 2026
Last updated: 18 June 2026
This statement sets out our decision to recommend that service providers should prepare and apply a crisis protocol to mitigate and manage the risks arising from a significant increase in relevant illegal content and/or content harmful to children on their services.
Published: 24 March 2026
Last updated: 12 June 2026
Ofcom is consulting on changes we propose to make to the Illegal Harms regulatory documents and guidance under the Online Safety Act.
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We have published a statement that sets out a new measure to be included in the Illegal Content Codes of Practice to respond to a crisis event.
Published: 16 December 2024
Last updated: 9 June 2026
Our illegal harms policy statement includes our full guidance, Codes of Practice and other documents relating to online services' duties under the Online Safety Act.
Published: 30 June 2025
Last updated: 12 May 2026
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.
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Published: 8 May 2026
In this document we discuss accreditation for terrorism and/or CSEA detection technologies, including Ofcom’s research, evidence, and advice to the DSIT Secretary of State on how to set minimum standards of accuracy.
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This statement is about the Guidance we have produced to support the use of Ofcom’s new powers in Chapter 5 of Part 7 of the Act. Under section 127 of the Act, Ofcom is required to produce guidance for providers of regulated user-to-user and regulated search services (Part 3 services) on how we propose to exercise our Technology Notice functions.
Last updated: 8 May 2026
Statement on Ofcom’s Technology Notice powers. The statement includes our final advice to the DSIT Secretary of State on how to set minimum standards of accuracy against which technology must be accredited before we can require its use under a Notice, and guidance to providers about how we propose to use this power.
Published: 10 February 2026
Last updated: 21 April 2026
This is a call for evidence in preparation for the first statutory report that Ofcom must produce under the Act on content harmful to children
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We are proposing to combine the two priority offences of encouraging or assisting suicide and encouraging or assisting serious self-harm into a single kind of illegal harm which providers must risk assess: “suicide and self-harm”. We are also proposing to introduce cyberflashing as a new kind of priority illegal harm that providers must risk assess separately.
Published: 24 October 2024
Last updated: 17 March 2026
Ofcom is consulting on proposals to implement the fees and penalties regime for online safety, under the Online Safety Act 2023.
Published: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is publishing a consultation on its Statement of Charging Principles (SoCP) for its online safety fees regime. The SoCP will set out the principles we propose to apply when setting fees, and details of the invoicing and payment processes.
Published: 8 September 2025
Last updated: 4 March 2026
The purpose of super-complaints is to allow such organisations to bring robust evidence and facts to our attention about the most significant online harms and restrictions on free expression arising on regulated online services.
Published: 25 March 2024
Last updated: 2 March 2026
We are seeking evidence to inform the codes of practice and guidance that Ofcom produces to implement the third phase of online safety regulation.
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Galwad am dystiolaeth - Rheoliadau diogelwch ar-lein: Adroddiad statudol Ofcom ar gynnwys sy’n niweidiol i blant
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Call for evidence Ofcom’s statutory report on content harmful to children
Published: 15 December 2025
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. Our proposals are informed by the experiences of bereaved parents who had sought information from online services about their child’s use of the service and had faced significant barriers in doing so.
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The Online Safety Information Powers Guidance is intended to help regulated services and other stakeholders understand what our online safety information gathering powers are, when and how we might use each power, the obligations on stakeholders to comply with the powers and the potential consequences of non-compliance.
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This statement concerns updates to our Guidance related to Data Preservation Notices and Coroner Information Notices
Published: 26 July 2024
Last updated: 15 December 2025
We have issued a statement on guidance to help services, and other stakeholders, to understand when and how we might use these powers.
Published: 16 September 2025
We have published our Statement on updates to our Online Safety Information Powers Guidance with respect to Data Preservation Notices and Coroner Information Notices.
Published: 24 April 2025
Last updated: 11 December 2025
Ofcom is consulting on amending our Illegal Content Codes of Practice under the Online Safety Act expanding the application of blocking and muting accounts.
Published: 25 February 2025
Last updated: 3 December 2025
Today we are publishing practical guidance for tech companies on creating a safer life online for women and girls.
Published: 18 July 2025
Last updated: 21 November 2025
Ofcom is publishing a consultation on guidance for providers of regulated services (under the Online Safety Act 2023) to help them calculate their qualifying worldwide revenue (QWR) for the online safety fees and penalties regime.
Published: 1 September 2025
Ofcom is publishing a statement on guidance for providers of regulated services under the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act) to help them in the process of making a fees regime notification under section 83 of the Act.
Published: 3 November 2025
This is a call for evidence for two reports that Ofcom must produce under the Act about the use and effectiveness of age assurance; and the use of app stores by children.
