UK children protected from more high-risk sites as a result of Ofcom action
Published: 28 August 2026
Several sites dedicated to hosting content harmful to children have either blocked the UK or deployed age checks as a direct result of work done by Ofcom’s compliance teams.
Enforcement Bulletin: Enforcement Programme to protect children from harmful content through the use of age assurance
Published: 24 July 2025
Last updated: 28 August 2026
Parental controls for games consoles
Published: 28 October 2020
Last updated: 27 August 2026
This guide will show you how to find information to help keep children safe online, including on games consoles, tablets and other smart devices.
Transparency notice: Research on online platforms to explore online safety
Published: 9 February 2023
Last updated: 24 August 2026
A notice explaining how, in support of our online safety research, Ofcom will sometimes create accounts with fictional personas.
Important dates for Online Safety compliance
Published: 17 October 2024
Last updated: 24 August 2026
The Online Safety Act makes companies that operate a wide range of online services legally responsible for keeping people safe online.
Investigation into the provider of fapello.com's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 20 November 2025
Last updated: 18 August 2026
We are investigating whether the provider of fapello.com (‘Fapello’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.
Enforcement Programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 16 January 2025
Last updated: 18 August 2026
Ofcom is opening an enforcement programme into age assurance measures across the adult sector, which will initially focus on regulated providers’ compliance with the Part 5 duties.
Online Safety: Register of categorised services and list of emerging Category 1 services
Published: 30 June 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
The published register of categorised services sets out which services are categorised and are therefore subject to additional duties under the Act.
Consultation: Guidance - Deceased Child User Duties
Published: 15 December 2025
Last updated: 7 August 2026
We are consulting on our draft Guidance to help providers of categorised services understand and comply with the deceased child user duties, set out in section 75 of the Online Safety Act 2023.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.
Investigation into Novi Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 15 January 2026
Last updated: 31 July 2026
Today we have opened an investigation into Novi Ltd, (in relation to the Gen AI site, Joi.com)