What Ofcom does
Regulates telecoms, TV, radio, video-on-demand, postal services, and online safety. Issues licences for telecoms providers, manages spectrum. Now enforces Online Safety Act duties for user-to-user and search services.
Online Safety Act enforcement from 2024. Service categorisation (Category 1, 2A, 2B).
Contact Ofcom
- contact@ofcom.org.uk
- Phone
- 0300 123 3333
Official guidance from Ofcom
Curated guidance documents to help you understand your obligations.
Check how to comply with the illegal content rules (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Age assurance duties under the Online Safety Act (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Children's access assessment duties under the Online Safety Act (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Ofcom: Illegal content duties under the Online Safety Act (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Age checks to protect children online (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Duty to report child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) content: know the rules and how to comply (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Helping small services navigate the Online Safety Act (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
Ofcom: Children's safety duties under the Online Safety Act (opens in a new tab)
Detailed Guidance
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Legal framework
Legislation that Ofcom directly enforces.
Primary legislation
Secondary legislation
Related legislation
Legislation connected to Ofcom’s remit but not directly enforced — establishing Acts, amendments, referenced legislation, and context.