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Online Safety Act 2023

UK law requiring platforms and search services to tackle illegal content and protect children, enforced by Ofcom with fines up to 10% of global turnover.

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investConfirmed3 publishers

Ofcom wants proof that X removes the illegal hate and terror posts it now reviews on time

Ofcom says X met its review-time targets but has not convinced it that illegal hate and terror posts come down. The Grok probe is moving toward a decision under rules that allow fines up to 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue.

Publishers:cityam.com cryptopolitan.com thenextweb.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 19%
Operator: Operator 38%
Investor: Investor 43%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives: Not scored
Confidence70

productConfirmed11 publishers

Ofcom investigates whether Meta risk-assessed Instagram's disappearing Instants before launch

Ofcom is investigating whether Meta carried out suitable illegal-content and children's risk assessments before launching Instagram Instants in May. For product teams shipping to UK users, the case turns on when the risk work has to be finished and how much of it counts.

Publishers:bbc.co.uk bbc.com businesstoday.in channelnewsasia.com cityam.com lbc.co.uk livemint.com nation.cymru petapixel.com qz.com techrepublic.com theguardian.com thenextweb.com

Perspective Coverage

13 publishers

Builder: Builder 20%
Operator: Operator 57%
Investor: Investor 23%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence70

investConfirmed2 publishers

London court weighs how much moderation data Ofcom can force from Meta, TikTok and X

Meta, TikTok and X are fighting Ofcom in a London court over moderation data demands under a law that allows fines of up to 10% of global turnover. The ruling sets how much the platforms must count and hand over, a week before Meta separately contests how Ofcom calculates fees and penalties.

Publishers:channelnewsasia.com cryptopolitan.com mezha.net techrepublic.com thenextweb.com

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers

Builder: Builder 23%
Operator: Operator 56%
Investor: Investor 21%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives42
Confidence68

productOne report1 publisher

Washington tells Britain a trusted-news boost would hand authoritarians a drafting template

The US Embassy in London has asked the UK to drop plans to make platforms promote designated news publishers, on the grounds that the wording would be available to governments with narrower ideas of what counts as trustworthy.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+14
Incentives76
Confidence58

leadershipOne report1 publisher

Whitehall treats Meta's $18bn settlement as the floor for teen safety defaults

The two-hour cap and overnight notification blocks were written to end a US trial, and the UK's work and pensions secretary now expects them in Britain as a matter of course. That is how a settlement becomes a spec.

Publishers:theguardian.com

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption38
Hype gap+27
Incentives71
Confidence49