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To: Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive of Ofcom
Keep Children Safe Online
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Ofcom: enforce the new age check rules under the Online Safety Act from day one. Sites that fail to protect children from accessing adult content must face real consequences.
Why is this important?
New figures show that one in ten children aged eight to 14 have accessed harmful adult content online. Boys aged thirteen to fourteen are the most likely to be exposed. This has gone on for too long.
Children are only a click away from content that can harm their mental health. It can affect how they view relationships and lead to harassment and abuse in schools.
From 25 July, new rules mean websites must put proper age checks in place. But these rules will only work if Ofcom enforces them properly, from day one.
Tech companies have had years to prepare. Now they need to act. If they fail, they must be fined or blocked in the UK.
