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Ofcom: online safety regulatory documents and guidance

Ofcom Online Safety Guidance Index directs service providers to consult risk profiles for children's access assessments under children access assessment and children s risk assessments.

Verified at publication, 2026-11-12 11:43 UTC

11 provisions in 10 parts · official text ↗

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Summary

What this law does

Indexes Ofcom regulatory documents, codes of practice, and guidance directing service providers on complying with online safety duties, risk assessments, record-keeping, and children's access assessments.

Why it matters to Signicat and its customers

No Signicat-specific relevance narrative is stored for this instrument; the stored applicability is shown below.

Who is bound: service providers · Regulators: Ofcom

Media Entertainment: Directs regulated service providers to consult risk profiles and guidance on children's access assessments and age assurance.

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Part summaries

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Verification findings (22)

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 main

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#chunk-1

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 illegal-content-risk-assessments

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#illegal-content-risk-assessments

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 children-access-assessment-and-children-s-risk-assessments

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#children-access-assessment-and-children-s-risk-assessments

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 upcoming-codes-of-practice

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#upcoming-codes-of-practice

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 codes-of-practice

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#codes-of-practice

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 causes-and-impacts-of-harms

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#causes-and-impacts-of-harms

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 content-guidance

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#content-guidance

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 record-keeping-and-review-duties

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#record-keeping-and-review-duties

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 other-online-safety-guidance-for-service-providers

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#other-online-safety-guidance-for-service-providers

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 guidance-on-ofcom-s-use-of-its-powers

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#guidance-on-ofcom-s-use-of-its-powers

synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#guidance-on-ofcom-s-use-of-its-powers-stay-up-to-date-with-consultations-and-important-dates

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Full TOC · table of contents Collapse parts

10 parts · 11 provisions. Open a provision for its text and, where available, its one-line summary.

· 1 provisions

chunk 1 uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#chunk-1

Illegal content risk assessments · 1 provisions

Illegal content risk assessments uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#illegal-content-risk-assessments

Children access assessment and children's risk assessments · 1 provisions

Children access assessment and children's risk assessments uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#children-access-assessment-and-children-s-risk-assessments

Upcoming Codes of Practice · 1 provisions

Upcoming Codes of Practice uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#upcoming-codes-of-practice

Codes of Practice · 1 provisions

Codes of Practice uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#codes-of-practice

Causes and impacts of harms · 1 provisions

Causes and impacts of harms uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#causes-and-impacts-of-harms

Content guidance · 1 provisions

Content guidance uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#content-guidance

Record-keeping and review duties · 1 provisions

Record-keeping and review duties uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#record-keeping-and-review-duties

Other online safety guidance for service providers · 1 provisions

Other online safety guidance for service providers uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#other-online-safety-guidance-for-service-providers

Guidance on Ofcom’s use of its powers · 2 provisions

Guidance on Ofcom’s use of its powers uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#guidance-on-ofcom-s-use-of-its-powers

Stay up-to-date with consultations and important dates uk:ofcom/osa-regulatory-documents#guidance-on-ofcom-s-use-of-its-powers-stay-up-to-date-with-consultations-and-important-dates

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Transportation

Banking finance

Public sector health

Energy, utilities & telco

Insurance pensions

Services

Media entertainment

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