Ministers, Ofcom and crisis notices

Secretary of State — OSA section175 role → may require public statement notices → Ofcom

Enacted s175(1),(3) permits direction to Ofcom to issue a notice to a specified provider or providers generally. It compels a public-accounting route, not on this text a direction to remove any specified lawful post.

Ofcom → must issue a notice under a qualifying direction → Section175 public statement / information notice

A direction under s175(3) requires Ofcom to give a public statement notice. No particular direction, notice or recipient was acquired.

Section175 public statement / information notice → can require a public statement by a specified date → Providers within crisis-measure scope

A public statement notice requires the provider to describe steps taken in response to the threat by the specified date; publication is not itself a takedown command.

Ofcom → may require threat-response information → Providers within crisis-measure scope

Under s175(5), Ofcom may use the public statement notice or a subsequent notice to require information needed to respond to the threat. Actual information demanded and ensuing provider behavior remain unknown.

Providers within crisis-measure scope → determines activation using relevant criteria → Ofcom crisis protocol recommendations — June2026

The provider determines a crisis and chooses systems; action is as soon as reasonably practicable. A ministerial public statement notice is considered alongside indicators, not an automatic switch.

Ofcom → published crisis protocol recommendations → Ofcom crisis protocol recommendations — June2026

2026-06-09 – 2026-06-09

Ofcom's9June2026 statement sets a crisis framework; laid draft and later issue/commencement remain separate stages. No current activation is inferred.

Ofcom crisis protocol recommendations — June2026 → recommends criteria-based crisis processes → Providers within crisis-measure scope

Providers use seriousUK-public-safety and relevant illegal/child-harm content indicators to determine a crisis, including linked overseas/local events. The framework is not a free-standing general misinformation intervention power.

Secretary of State — OSA section175 role → may direct media-literacy priorities for a specified period → Ofcom

On reasonable grounds for the specified public-health/safety or national-security threat, enacted s175(2) permits direction of media-literacy priorities. This is separate from content removal or the public-statement route.

Secretary of State — OSA section175 role → must publish reasons for health/safety-ground directions → Section175 public statement / information notice

Section175(6) requires publication of reasons for a direction on public-health/safety grounds. The same subsection does not impose that duty for the national-security ground.

Secretary of State — OSA section175 role → may vary or revoke the direction → Ofcom

Section175(7) permits variation/revocation; under(8) Ofcom may consequentially vary/revoke a public statement notice. No revocation or automatic restoration of content is established.

Ofcom → declined extending formal crisis-contact obligations to NGOs/fact-checkers → Ofcom crisis protocol recommendations — June2026

2026-06-09 – 2026-06-09

The statement records requests for formal contacts and real-time access, encourages relevant collaboration, but declines extending formal contact obligations beyond police. This is a class-level disposition, not proof that every Full Fact data-access demand was individually resolved.

Ofcom → declined a central coordinating role and routine analysis submission → Ofcom crisis protocol recommendations — June2026

2026-06-09 – 2026-06-09

Ofcom declines central cross-service coordination and automatic submission/publication of every post-crisis analysis. It retains supervision/request powers; not every oversight request is rejected.