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ONLINE SAFETY ACT (OSA) RISK GAUGE

ONLINE SAFETY ACT (OSA) RISK GAUGE

Helping businesses access their OSA obligations quickly.

The OSA Risk Gauge is a digital tool designed to help businesses quickly assess their obligations under the OSA. The OSA introduces a comprehensive regulatory framework requiring in-scope online service providers to identify, mitigate, and manage risks associated with illegal content and content harmful to children. 

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What is the Online Safety Act (OSA) Risk Gauge?

The OSA Risk Gauge guides users through the key requirements of the OSA, helping them determine whether their services are likely to be caught by the legislation, whether they fall into category user territory (with more onerous compliance obligations), or whether they may qualify for an exemption. The main benefit of the OSA Risk Gauge is that it provides a clear, accessible, and efficient way for businesses to understand their regulatory exposure and compliance requirements under the OSA, enabling them to take timely and appropriate action to manage legal and reputational risks.

Who should use the Online Safety Act (OSA) Risk Gauge?

This affects most customer-facing businesses, particularly those allowing user reviews, chatbot interactions, or search functionalities.

OSA Risk Gauge

Our OSA tool is a digital tool designed to help businesses quickly assess their obligations under the OSA.

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Our work

University campus

Student Recruitment Initiative

Advised on the regulatory status of a student recruitment initiative under the OSA, including the implications for higher education providers utilising chat-based services, and assessed the availability of statutory exemptions for education and childcare organisations.

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Ofcom

We have experience in engaging directly with Ofcom including successfully challenging inaccuracies in a draft Category 2B assessment and preventing the issuance of a final section 100 notice.

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Recent crisis experience

Provided reactive and highly sensitive advice to clients on complex safety incidents involving children and young people, including immediate next step considerations following assessment of the scope and applicability of the OSA.

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Key contacts

Erin Shoesmith
Erin Shoesmith
Partner, Co-head of Retail, Health & Safety
United Kingdom
Adrian Mansbridge
Adrian Mansbridge
Partner, Global Investigations
Leeds, UK
India Barlow
India Barlow
Managing Associate, Global Investigations
Leeds, UK
Annie Jones
Annie Jones
Associate, Global Investigations
Leeds, UK
Terms & Conditions

AG's Online Safety Act Risk Gauge is intended as a general overview of the Online Safety Act 2023. The information provided was accurate as of the day it was created; however, the law may have changed since that date. This information is not intended to be, and should not be used as, a substitute for taking legal advice in any specific situation. AG's Online Safety Act Risk Gauge will provide you with a set of questions for you to answer and self-assess whether the Online Safety Act may apply to you, the outcome of which together with the contact information you provide to us will be shared with members of AG LLP's Global Investigations team. Your use of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge does not create (a) a contractual or client-lawyer relationship or (b) a duty of care, between any member of the AG Group and any end-user or any other party. AG takes no responsibility for the contents of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge or for any actions taken or not taken on the basis of using the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge. You remain responsible for your own legal and regulatory compliance. Your access to and use of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge does not grant you any right, title, or interest in the intellectual property of any other party. Copyright in the content and layout of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge is owned by AG. You are not permitted to modify in any way digital copies of any part of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge. You are not permitted to distribute or copy any part of the Online Safety Act Risk Gauge for any commercial purposes. For further information regarding how your data will be used, please see the Privacy Notice. 

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