This document is intended as a full overview of the Online Safety Act (OSA, or the Act) and how it works for organisations attempting to understand it and its implications.

In this report, we analyse the Online Safety Act (OSA or ‘the Act’) 2023, which imposes new duties on online service providers to protect children from harmful content, and Ofcom’s guidance to compliance with these duties.

SUBMISSION TO PARLIAMENT Addressing automated, arbitrary, algorithmic censorship in the Online Safety BillJune 2022 Contents About Open Rights Group 2 Addressing automated, arbitrary algorithmic censorship 2 Our concerns and recommendations 2 Summary 3 Automated censorship and arbitrary restrictions 4 Content moderation systems 5 Arbitrary restrictions 6 Why prevent has a special meaning (prior restraint) 9 Hands, face, age-gate 9 Ministerial powers to interfere with speech 10 Chat controls, to do lists and the spy in the your pocket 11 User Dis- Empowerment 13 Rights for online speech 13 Procedural safeguards and effective remedies 15 User experiences of restrictive content moderation measures 15 Procedural safeguards against arbitrary take-downs 16 About Open Rights Group Open Rights Group (ORG) is the leading UK-based digital campaigning organisation.

The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP, Secretary of State,   Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 10 June 2022 Dear Secretary of State,  During the last Queen’s Speech, the Government announced the introduction of a Data Reform Bill, which will replace the United Kingdom’s existing data protection laws.

ORG analysis and highlights concerning the Online Safety Bill and its adverse impact on human rights and the free internet About Open Rights Group Open Rights Group (ORG) is the leading UK-based digital campaigning organisation.