Illegal and harmful content

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Investigation into the provider of an adult content-sharing service and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content

Published: 26 October 2026

We have opened an investigation into the provider’s compliance with its duties under the Act to ensure users do not encounter or disseminate NCII on its service.

Investigation into the provider of an adult image-hosting service and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content

Published: 26 October 2026

Ofcom has opened an investigation into the provider’s compliance with its duties under the Act to ensure users do not encounter or disseminate NCII on its service.

Enforcement programme into measures being taken by services to prevent users from encountering or sharing non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)

Published: 9 September 2026

Last updated: 26 October 2026

Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from NCII to ensure users do not encounter or disseminate such content on their services.

Online safety fees: what the duties are and how to comply with them

Published: 21 November 2025

Last updated: 23 October 2026

Find out about the new fees-related duties imposed on certain providers of regulated services under the Online Safety Act and how to comply with them.

Investigation into TikTok’s compliance with duties to protect children from encountering harmful content under section 12

Published: 16 July 2026

Last updated: 22 October 2026

Ofcom has today opened an investigation to understand whether TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited has failed, or is failing, to comply with certain duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023.

Online Safety industry bulletin - October 2026

Published: 15 October 2026

This is the latest Online Safety industry bulletin, bringing together key updates, actions and resources relating to the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom update: Monitoring X’s response to hate and terror content, and Grok investigation latest

Published: 14 October 2026

X has submitted its first quarterly report to Ofcom on the action it has taken when suspected hate and terror content is reported to it by users.

Investigation into X Internet Unlimited Company and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content and child users from harmful content

Published: 12 January 2026

Last updated: 14 October 2026

We are investigating whether the provider of X, XIUC, has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023

Online safety regulatory documents and guidance

Published: 23 October 2025

Last updated: 12 October 2026

Latest versions of Ofcom’s online safety regulatory documents and guidance, as well as links to previous, superseded versions.

Statement: Crisis response protocol

Published: 9 June 2026

Last updated: 12 October 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.