Small Businesses: Internet

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's compliance duties on (a) small, (b) community-run and (c) not-for-profit online services; and whethe

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1. 1 September 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's compliance duties on (a) small, (b) community-run and (c) not-for-profit online services; and whethe

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   The Online Safety Act is designed to be proportionate and risk-based. Ofcom is required to take account of a service's size, risk profile and capacity when setting expectations. It would not be appropriate to put in place a blanket exemption, as some of t...

   Source: Written answer

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• Bell Ribeiro-Addy · Labour · Commons
• · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Answering body
• Ian Murray · Labour · Answering member

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