Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee

Recommendation 5

5

Ofcom's powers insufficient for timely removal of individual NCII abuse content

Recommendation
Ofcom’s current enforcement powers, while welcome, are far too slow and not designed to help individual victims get abusive images of themselves on non-compliant websites taken down or have access to them restricted. The duties under the regulatory regime created by the Online Safety Act are a good start. However, further steps are required to effectively tackle the threat posed by NCII at an individual level, particularly where content is hosted overseas. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48) 52
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 20 May 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗