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Raglen orfodi i mesurau sicrwydd oedran ar lwyfannau rhannu fideos i oedolion sydd wedi’u sefydlu yn y DU

1 May 2024

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Gwybodaeth am y rhaglen Mesurau sicrwydd oedran ar lwyfannau rhannu fideos i oedolion sydd wedi’u sefydlu yn y DU
Achos wedi’i agor 10 January 2023
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Bydd y rhaglen orfodi hon yn edrych i weld a oes gan lwyfannau rhannu fideos (VSPs) sydd wedi’u sefydlu yn y DU ac sy’n arbenigo mewn cynnwys i oedolion fesurau sicrhau oedran priodol ar waith, fel sy’n ofynnol o dan y drefn VSP.

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Mae’r drefn VSP wedi’i amlinellu yn Rhan 4B o Ddeddf Cyfathrebiadau 2003

Update 1 May 2024 – extension of enforcement programme

On 26 October 2023, the Online Safety Act (OS Act) received Royal Assent. The OS Act sets out the process for repealing the Video Sharing Platform (VSP) regime. As set out in our repeal guidance, as of January 2024, all pre-existing UK-established VSP’s entered a transition period. During the transition period Ofcom will continue to regulate these UK-established VSPs and still have powers to take enforcement action if VSP providers fail to take appropriate measures to protect children from restricted material, including pornography.

In this context, we have been continuing our work assessing age assurance measures on adult VSPs to ensure they are sufficiently robust to prevent under-18s from accessing videos containing pornographic material.

In addition to the improvements already made throughout the programme, we have recently;

Given the importance of ensuring that children are protected from pornographic material, we are now extending the enforcement programme and will continue to monitor and assess age assurance measures on adult VSPs until the VSP regime is repealed.

We will:

  • continue our research and work to identify adult platforms which do not have appropriate age assurance in place and may be in scope of the VSP regime but have not notified their status as a UK established VSP to Ofcom;
  • continue our ongoing investigations in this area;
  • continue to drive improvements on notified adult VSPs where still required; and
  • work alongside our supervision teams to understand and assess the impacts and effectiveness of age assurance measures on the notified services.

We will continue to publish regular updates to this bulletin while this work is ongoing.


Cyswllt Y tîm gorfodi (enforcement@ofcom.org.uk)
Cyfeirnod yr achos CW/01266/12/22