Online safety will dominate intray of new Ofcom boss Ian Cheshire

Much is expected of Online Safety Act and less from free speech advocates leaving new boss in difficult place Ian Cheshire’s Ofcom intray is big. It is available online under the regulator’s plan for 2026/27 and covers an array of industries: telecoms; broadband; the postal service; media and the online world. It is the latter that it going to dominate his tenure. Ofcom oversees the Online Safety Act, the legislation that regulates social media in the UK. Much is expected of the act from inte...

By Dan Milmo Global technology editor