We’ve previously reported from the UK about the Online Safety Bill, a piece of internet safety legislation that contains several concerning provisions relating to online privacy and encryption. UK ...

The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the viral spread of false content, a report from MPs has found.… In response, the ...

opinion Implementation of the UK's Online Safety Act is giving internet users around the globe – including those in US states moving to enact their own age verification laws – real-time proof that ...

WhatsApp and six other encryption apps wrote an open letter urging UK lawmakers not to pass a bill that could threaten its end-to-end encryption services. Reading time 3 minutes Meta’s WhatsApp is ...

The United Kingdom is now fully enforcing its Online Safety Act, which was passed by Parliament in 2023. The law calls for shielding all users from illegal content with special protections for ...

The Online Safety Bill has now become the Online Safety Act, after receiving Royal Assent on Thursday (26 October). Sharing the news, the government said it will make "the UK the safest place in the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The bill aims to make the country ‘the safest place in the world to be online’ but has been mired by multiple ...

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The UK’s Online Safety Bill is perhaps best described as a well-intentioned but vexed piece of proposed legislation. It has been passed from one Prime Minister to another, and from one Digital ...