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Online platforms receive final guidance on UK transparency reports

( July 21, 2025, 11:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Social media platforms, search engines and pornography websites operating in the UK will begin receiving transparency reporting notices soon after regulator Ofcom publishes its register of categorized platforms under the Online Safety Act. Under final guidance published today, services must publish annual reports covering both core and newly confirmed mandatory thematic information. Today's updates follow a 2024 consultation and add engagement plans and safeguards against misinterpretation of comparative transparency findings to the draft guidance.Statement follows. Guidance attached....

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