Supporting documentation for legislation to establish a new
regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online, and make
reforms to the criminal law.
From:
Department for Digital,
Culture, Media & Sport
Published
17 March 2022
Last updated
18 January 2023 — See all updates
Documents
Online Safety Bill:
factsheet
HTML
Online Safety Bill:
communications offences factsheet
HTML
Online Safety Bill: impact
assessment
PDF, 3.42
MB, 108 pages
Online Safety Bill:
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion
PDF, 224
KB, 12 pages
Overview of expected
impact of changes to the Online Safety Bill
HTML
Online Safety Bill:
European Convention on Human Rights Memorandum
HTML
Details
The Online
Safety Bill delivers the government’s manifesto
commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be
online while defending free expression.
This Bill gives effect to the policy approach outlined in
the Full government response
to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, and reflects
many of the recommendations from pre-legislative scrutiny.
The supporting documentation includes:
- fact sheet
- impact assessment
- impact assessment: Regulatory Policy Committee opinion
- European Convention Human Rights Memorandum
