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Statutory foundation distinguishing legal duties from advocacy and commercial certification
The UK Online Safety Act 2023 is the statute that creates online-safety duties and regulatory powers examined in this case. It received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, with relevant duties and codes commencing on their own schedules. Ofcom implements the framework through guidance, codes and enforcement.
Section 82 requires Ofcom guidance for section 81 duties, including examples and compliance principles. Schedule 4 links relevant children's-code age measures to highly effective age assurance. The March 2026 Fraud Strategy separately describes fraudulent-advertising duties and court business-disruption mechanisms for serious noncompliance. Those mechanisms respond to breaches of duties; they are not triggered simply because a business lacks verification under a voluntary commercial scheme.
UK Online Safety Act 2023 → Ofcom
Royal Assent 26 October 2023; relevant commencement and duty dates recorded separately.
Section 82 requires guidance for section 81, including examples and compliance principles. Schedule 4 paragraph 12 links relevant children-code age measures to HEAA. The statute does not certify providers.
Fraud Strategy — March2026 advertising account → UK Online Safety Act 2023
March2026 strategy
Paragraph54 describes Category1/2A duties and serious-noncompliance court business-disruption mechanisms. Such measures respond to breach of statutory duties, not simply an unverified business. This is the strategy’s legal account, not a new independent statute audit.
UK KYBC: government consideration, narrower advertising proposals, and a 2026 industry pathway ↗
UK age assurance: statutory chain and consequential choices ↗
UK Online Safety Act 2023 → requires age-assurance guidance and relevant code measures from → Ofcom
Royal Assent 26 October 2023; relevant commencement and duty dates recorded separately.
Section 82 requires guidance for section 81, including examples and compliance principles. Schedule 4 paragraph 12 links relevant children-code age measures to HEAA. The statute does not certify providers.
Fraud Strategy — March2026 advertising account → separately describes enacted fraudulent-advertising duties → UK Online Safety Act 2023
March2026 strategy
Reported by the cited source
Paragraph54 describes Category1/2A duties and serious-noncompliance court business-disruption mechanisms. Such measures respond to breach of statutory duties, not simply an unverified business. This is the strategy’s legal account, not a new independent statute audit.
UK Online Safety Act 2023 → implemented by → Ofcom
Scope: This edge records the regulator’s January 2025 account, not every provision of the Act.