As Keir Starmer tells tech bosses to make their sites safer, ministers are weighing up what they can do ...

The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in 2023. It heralded a change in approach to online regulation in the UK. Online ...

BBC News brings together young people between 12 and 18 years old to talk about the impact regulation would have on their online world.

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told social media bosses "things cannot go on like this" in a meeting at Downing Street discussing children's safety online. Executives from Meta, Snap, YouTube ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken to the Mirror about proposed restrictions on social media for under 16s, saying "it's ...

It's been four months since Australia banned under-16s from using social media, and ever since, a growing number of countries ...

Social media platforms and other online services operating in the UK are facing new regulations. Ofcom, the UK's communication services regulator, has released over 40 safety measures that applicable ...

The UK plans to extend its rules against illegal material online to cover how social media companies respond to crises like the recent riots in the country, according to a statement from British ...

Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting children ...

The United Kingdom Home Office announced that police officers will no longer waste time investigating legal but offensive social media posts. The decision by the UK government to scrap police ...

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, our online safety editor Dr Rebecca Whittington has some advice for parents ...