Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online ...

After years of campaigning and political debate, tech platforms will - within weeks - be legally obliged to stop kids seeing ...

Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes defended reforms coming into effect on July 25. Technology companies are not being given much power over measures to provide greater protection to children ...

The government is considering further action to keep children safe online and will not "sit back and wait" on the issue, a ...

Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly tragically took her own life in 2017 after accessing horrendous material online, told the ...

The revival of the Kids Online Safety Act comes amid U.S. and global discussions over how to best protect children online. In late 2024, Australia approved a social media ban for under-16s. It’s ...

A view of the U.S. Capitol during a rally held in support of the Kids Online Safety Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec.10, 2024. Credit - Jemal Countess—Getty Images ...

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative changes that the internet has seen in the ...

A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation.

A man who urged a vulnerable woman to kill herself during video calls has become the first to be sentenced under the Online ...

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has revealed that the government may soon require digital platforms to label all ...