Checks / Obligations / Keep illegal and harmful content off
Obligation · 17 controls · 4 laws
Keep illegal and harmful content off
Online services must assess and reduce the risk of illegal and harmful content, and act on reports.
What to put in place
Assess the risk of illegal and harmful content, put controls in place and act on every report.
Policy wording you can use
[your organisation] assesses the risk of illegal and harmful content on its service, puts proportionate controls in place, acts on reports promptly and names a senior manager accountable for online safety.
Prove it once
Describe or link the evidence that this is in place: the policy, the page, the document reference. It is sealed once and applied to all 17 controls here that take a yes or a document (the rest need their own number or date and are listed after).
Every control that asks for this
UK Online Safety Act
- OSA s.9 - illegal content risk assessment
- OSA s.10 - illegal content safety duties met
- OSA s.20 - reporting mechanism live
- OSA s.22 - freedom of expression safeguards
- OSA - CSEA detection measures
- OSA - terms of service clarity
- OSA - senior manager accountable
- OSA - record of safety measures kept
EU Digital Services Act
- DSA Art.14 - terms & conditions published
- DSA Art.22 - trusted flaggers honoured
- DSA Art.25 - no dark patterns
- DSA Art.34 - systemic risk assessment (VLOP)
- DSA Art.35 - risk mitigation measures (VLOP)
- DSA Art.37 - independent audit (VLOP)
Agent output: compliance gates
- UK Online Safety Act - illegal content risk assessment
- UK Online Safety Act - reporting mechanism live