Named author and contact for consultation advocacy

Maeve Walsh

Maeve Walsh is a named contributor to the Online Safety Act Network's UK regulatory submissions. She appears as the contact on its February 2024 illegal-harms response and as a co-author, with Lorna Woods, of its July 2024 response on protecting children.

Documented contribution

The July response names Walsh on its cover. Its proposals address children's safety through differentiated design and assurance arguments. The retained records establish her contribution to the submission process; they do not identify a formal Ofcom appointment or give her a regulatory approval right.

What the records show

From the investigation

Authority and chronology boundaries for integration

The network is a submitter and advocate in these records. Woods and Walsh are named authors of the July response, not thereby statutory committee members or holders of regulatory approval rights. Targeted Ofcom searches did not establish a formal appointment for either; an unrelated result names Siobhan Walsh , not Maeve Walsh. This pass makes no claim that no formal role exists anywhere.

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Succession and Reset support

Carnegie's26October2023 transition statement says its programme ends and Woods/Walsh continue through the new Online Safety Act Network, supported by former partner Reset. The2023 report independently says Carnegie supported development of the new network. This establishes deliberate succession of expertise and convening work after enactment, not ownership of the network or transfer of every employee/asset.

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Further reading

UK network submissions: three published dispositions

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What the connections say

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