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Posts tagged Safety Duties

Choking off harmful online pornographic content

Handley Gill’s specialist content moderation, online safety and responsible AI consultants consider the report of the Independent Pornography Review carried out by Baroness Bertin, which has implications not only for platforms hosting pornographic content but for producers, adult performers and creators, ancillary service providers, advertisers, AI developers and regulators.

Nicola Cain6 March 2025Online Safety, Online Harms, Online Safety Act, Online Safety Act 2023, Part 5 Online Safety Act 2023, Independent Pornography Review, Content Moderation, Content Regulation, Artificial Intelligence, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, AI Regulation, Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Non-consensual intimate image abuse, Adult Content, Pornography, Pornographic Content Services, Section 81 Online Safety Act 2023, Safety Duties, Safety by Design, Baroness Bertin, Video Recordings Act 1984, Licensing Act 2003, Obscene Publications Act 1959, Ofcom, Ofcom Broadcasting Code, British Board of Film Classification, BBFC, BBFC Classification Guidelines, Section 63 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, UK GDPR, Article 21 UK GDPR, Lawful Basis for Processing, Special Purposes Exemption, ESG, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate GovernanceComment

Mum's the Word!

As the deadline for online services to conduct an illegal harms risk assessment/illegal content risk assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023 approaches, Handley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants consider the implications of the posting of illegal content on popular online forum Mumsnet for online services subject to the online safety regime and the efficacy of the regime for preventing users from encountering illegal content in light of Ofcom’s guidance.