Impact assessment

Online Safety Act: Enactment impact assessment

This assessment is an update to the Online Safety Bill final stage impact assessment published in 2022 - and reflects several major policy changes made during passage of the Online Safety Bill.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Published: 23 October 2024

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Online Safety Act: Enactment impact assessment

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Details

This impact assessment reflects several major policy changes made during passage of the Bill. The updated assessment is informed by an accompanying research report - Potential impact of the Online Safety Bill.

The assessment estimates the Online Safety Act must prevent 1.3% of online harms to offset the cost of the regulatory regime to business and government. This is lower than 2.1% estimated in the final stage Bill impact assessment.

Published 23 October 2024