Freshfields online safety

Advice on the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act, and on global online safety strategy.

About Freshfields online safety

The OSA imposes extensive legal duties on a wide range of internet services, backed by tough fines of up to 10% of global turnover.

The OSA covers illegal content, content that is harmful to children but not necessarily illegal, and fraudulent advertising online for high risk, high reach services. Freshfields also helps clients understand how the UK's OSA compares with similar laws being enacted or considered in other countries.

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What they do

Freshfields says it supports clients with the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act and monitors Ofcom's guidance and codes as they emerge. With specialists in the US, Europe and Asia, it helps clients compare these laws with similar ones enacted or proposed elsewhere and form global strategies.

Its two hubs carry scoping tools (whether a business is in scope), comparisons of the OSA and the DSA, a DSA Decoded blog series, and a podcast with regulators on children's online safety.