By Patricia Figueiredo ( October 23, 2026, 13:38 GMT | Insight) -- Online platforms face new UK duties to tackle extreme pornography from Nov. 6, but regulator Ofcom has yet to announce a consultation timetable to be able to enforce the requirements. The new Online Safety Act duties will cover material depicting strangulation or suffocation, certain incestuous relationships, and adults roleplaying as under 16. The government maintains that providers must take these offenses into account. Ofcom also plans a report on age assurance next week, a consultation on the 48-hour takedown duty by year-end, as well as a revised Children’s Register of Risks by January.Online platforms face new UK duties to tackle extreme pornography from Nov. 6, but regulator Ofcom has yet to announce a consultation timetable for the guidance updates needed to enforce them....
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