4 days ago · Photo by Nick Fewings / Unsplash Executive Summary: Two major digital regulatory frameworks have reached critical implementation phases that demand immediate compliance attention from global platforms. The UK's Online Safety Act entered its age verification enforcement phase on July 25, 2025, while escalating tensions between US officials and EU …

5 days ago · From Friday, Brits online may run into age gates on adult content. But other changes required by the Online Safety Act may be harder to spot.

1 day ago · The day after the UK’s Online Safety Act came into force, protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers were effectively erased from public view for youngsters on platforms including X.

Feb 12, 2025 · In order to contextualise these enforcement frameworks, the paper begins by outlining the recent legislative endeavours adopted within the EU and UK in the form of the DSA and OSA, and their shared endeavours to the ends of making the digital environment a …

The UK’s new Online Safety Act (the “ OSA ”) and the EU’s Digital Services Act (the “ DSA ”) both try to make the internet safer by focusing on an online service provider’s systems and processes.

Jul 17, 2025 · This Practice Note provides a high-level summary of key themes of comparison between the UK and EU online safety regimes.

Nov 9, 2023 · As we finalise the UK’s framework in the coming months, it’s vital that we work in harmony with our colleagues in the EU who are implementing the Digital Services Act.

3 days ago · The Online Safety Act, recently passed in the UK, has ignited debates about censorship and the balance between safety and free expression.

Nov 13, 2023 · The OSA introduces fresh obligations for technology firms to address illegal online content and activities, covering child sexual exploitation, fraud, and terrorism, adding the UK to the array of jurisdictions that have recently introduced new online safety and platform accountability regulations.

1 day ago · A petition to repeal the UK Online Safety Act has already netted over 340,000 signatures since the new age verification requirements came online. The UK Parliament must consider for debate any petition that gets more than 100,000 signatures.