ODDA Responds to Illegal Harms Further Consultation: User Controls
Ofcom recently consulted on plans to amend its Illegal Content Codes of Practice under the Online Safety Act to expand the application of blocking and muting user account measures as well as those concerning the disabling of comments. The proposals aim to bring providers of certain smaller user-to-user services that are likely to be accessed by children into scope of these measures where they have relevant risks and functionalities.
Our CEO, Simon Newman said “This another important consultation under the Online Safety Act that extends measures previously aimed at larger in-scope services to smaller ones. We were particularly pleased to see Ofcom reinforce its commitment to take a more risk-based and proportionate approach in implementation that recognises the challenges smaller services face. We look forward to Ofcom’s response in due course.”
You can read a copy of our response here: ODDA – Response to Ofcom Consultation on Illegal Harms Code – User Controls
