Illegal and harmful content

With growing concern over the potential for online communities to promote misogyny, new research, commissioned by Ofcom, explores how men come to engage with the manosphere, the role it plays in their lives, and how it shapes their views and behaviour.

We are investigating whether the provider of Krakenfiles has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.

We are investigating whether the provider of Nippyspace has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.

We are investigating whether the provider of Im.ge has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.

Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of file-sharing and file-storage services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from image-based CSAM to ensure users do not encounter, and offenders are not able to disseminate, such content on their services.

We are investigating whether the provider of Yolobit has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.

We are investigating whether First Time Videos LLC has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.

We are investigating whether the provider of Nippybox has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.

We are initiating an investigation to determine whether the online discussion board 4chan has failed—or is currently failing—to comply with its obligations under the Online Safety Act 2023.

We are investigating whether the provider of Nippydrive has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.