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US-UK Trade Deal - any negotiation around UK’s online safety laws must take into account the true costs of watering them down
Any watering down the UK’s recently enacted online safety laws has the potential to be very expensive indeed.

Stephen Kinsella
May 23 min read
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Ofcom publishes weakened Illegal Content Codes, and confirms delays to implementing user verification measures
Ofcom’s failure to include a measure on user identity verification is a significant example of a flawed, overly timid approach.

Stephen Kinsella
Jan 285 min read
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Is Ofcom about to delay action on fake and anonymous accounts until 2027?
It could be another 3 years before UK social media users get new verification options. That would be a huge setback for online safety.

Stephen Kinsella
Dec 3, 20247 min read
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Our submission to Ofcom’s transparency consultation
Clean Up The Internet made a submission to Ofcom’s consultation on its Online Safety Act transparency reporting guidance

David Babbs
Oct 9, 20241 min read
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Our submission to Ofcom's illegal harms consultation
Clean Up The Internet has made a submission to Ofcom’s “Protecting people from illegal harms online” consultation. Our consultation...

David Babbs
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Ofcom illegal harms consultation - some initial reflections
Ofcom launched its consultation on its proposed regime to tackle illegal harms in November 2023, with a response deadline of 23 February....

David Babbs
Jan 26, 202414 min read
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Looking back on 2023
In both the UK and in the EU, the legislative and regulatory framework has moved on significantly in the past 12 months. That’s surely groun

Stephen Kinsella
Dec 27, 20237 min read
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