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In the next phase of Online Safety Act implementation, children’s safety duties and related codes of practice will come into full effect on 25 July 2025.

By Gail Crawford, Fiona Maclean, Alain Traill, Calum Docherty, Edgar Lee, and Amy Smyth

The UK Online Safety Act (OSA) establishes an extensive regulatory framework designed to protect children and adults online by phasing in duties of care on covered service providers, including duties to prevent the spread of…

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A primer on the new law for relevant service providers, within and beyond the UK.  

By Gail E. Crawford, Deborah J. Kirk, Fiona M. Maclean, Alain Traill, Victoria Wan, and Amy Smyth

The Online Safety Act (the OSA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is now in force.

The OSA establishes an extensive regulatory framework for providers of online user-to-user services and search services with links to the UK. A link to the…