Clean Up The Internet has submitted our response to Ofcom's consultation "Giving users more choice, control and trust in their online experience", on the additional duties for Category 1 services. You can download our full response here: Our response focuses on two duties in the Online Safety Act that we campaigned for. Section 64 requires the largest platforms to offer all adult users the option to verify their identity. Section 15(9) requires them to offer a tool that lets

As the regulator responsible for enforcement under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom decides what social media platforms are - and aren’t - required to do to improve the safety of their UK users. These decisions have huge implications, not just for the regulated companies but (and we would say, more importantly) also for millions of people using their services. Yet, despite the huge public interest in its decisions and how they are taken, Ofcom is currently refusing to disclose ev

Ofcom’s failure to include a measure on user identity verification is a significant example of a flawed, overly timid approach.