UK Online Safety Bill receives royal assent, rules forthcoming from Ofcom

The U.K. Online Safety Bill received royal assent 26 Oct. and is now law, The Verge reports. Now known as the Online Safety Act, it sets new obligations for how technology companies should "design, operate, and moderate their platforms." The U.K. Office of Communications will be charged with enforcing the law's requirements on platforms and will release its codes of practice in three phases beginning 9 Nov.