# Online Safety Act (New OfCom Rules)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/online-safety-act-new-ofcom-rules/342713>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** online-safety-act\
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/online-safety-act-new-ofcom-rules/342713 "2024-12-16T18:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/online-safety-act-new-ofcom-rules/342713/2 "2024-12-16T18:43:16Z")

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From Ofcom’s website: “firms are now legally required to start taking action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms”

I think that Discourse already provides a way to tackle criminal activity by the ‘Its Illegal’ flag to alert staff of illegal activity on the site. Realistically, other than putting in measures like the illegal flag option is there much else that can be done?

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