UK Online Safety Regime Fails to Reduce Child Harm, Ofcom Admits
Source Summary
The UK's online regulator Ofcom has acknowledged that landmark online safety measures have failed to reduce the proportion of children exposed to harmful content on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. According to Ofcom's review of the first nine months of the new regulatory regime, the rate of children receiving unsafe content that causes fear, confusion, and distress remained nearly unchanged. Campaigners have described the lack of progress as "staggering."
Why it matters
The admission reveals that a major UK regulatory framework designed to protect children online has not achieved its primary objective in its first nine months of operation.
