Owen Bennett
@owbennett.bsky.social
Head of International Online Safety at Ofcom, the UK's independent communications regulator. Here as an avid consumer of platform regulation insights.
In the meantime, we need to find someone to take on this role and help deliver the international dimensions of Ofcom's online safety theory of change.
If that could be you, check out the role here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
If that could be you, check out the role here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Ofcom hiring International Policy Lead (Online Safety) in London Area, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
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October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In the meantime, we need to find someone to take on this role and help deliver the international dimensions of Ofcom's online safety theory of change.
If that could be you, check out the role here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
If that could be you, check out the role here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
It's been a fulfilling and rewarding role, but with the UK Online Safety Act now in force and our INTL OS function up-and-running, it feels like a good time for me to take on a new challenge. More on my next step in the new year.
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's been a fulfilling and rewarding role, but with the UK Online Safety Act now in force and our INTL OS function up-and-running, it feels like a good time for me to take on a new challenge. More on my next step in the new year.
I'm not usually this bad for functionaire-speak
June 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I'm not usually this bad for functionaire-speak
As 2025 chair of the Network, @ofcom.bsky.social will be kicking off delivery of these objectives, alongside vice-chair Coimisiún na Meán as well as the broader membership. Looking forward to what comes next. (4/4)
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
As 2025 chair of the Network, @ofcom.bsky.social will be kicking off delivery of these objectives, alongside vice-chair Coimisiún na Meán as well as the broader membership. Looking forward to what comes next. (4/4)
Over the next three years we'll be:
🧩 Advancing regulatory coherence between our respective national approaches
📈 Growing the evidence base for online harms and effective mitigations
🤝 Sharing information and insights to promote compliance and regulatory implementation (3/4)
🧩 Advancing regulatory coherence between our respective national approaches
📈 Growing the evidence base for online harms and effective mitigations
🤝 Sharing information and insights to promote compliance and regulatory implementation (3/4)
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Over the next three years we'll be:
🧩 Advancing regulatory coherence between our respective national approaches
📈 Growing the evidence base for online harms and effective mitigations
🤝 Sharing information and insights to promote compliance and regulatory implementation (3/4)
🧩 Advancing regulatory coherence between our respective national approaches
📈 Growing the evidence base for online harms and effective mitigations
🤝 Sharing information and insights to promote compliance and regulatory implementation (3/4)
The Network was established two years ago to bring together independent regulators working on online safety from jurisdictions around the world, and now has 25 members and observers from six continents. We're embarking on a well-trodden path - the ICN and GPC are sources of inspiration (2/4)
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The Network was established two years ago to bring together independent regulators working on online safety from jurisdictions around the world, and now has 25 members and observers from six continents. We're embarking on a well-trodden path - the ICN and GPC are sources of inspiration (2/4)
You are single-handedly building the London DSA circle. Thanks on behalf of everyone 😇
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 AM
You are single-handedly building the London DSA circle. Thanks on behalf of everyone 😇
Australia was the first country in the world to implement comprehensive online safety regulation, and the first country to establish a dedicated independent online safety regulator. It has a track record in pathfinding policy development. It will be fascinating to see what comes next (2/2).
November 26, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Australia was the first country in the world to implement comprehensive online safety regulation, and the first country to establish a dedicated independent online safety regulator. It has a track record in pathfinding policy development. It will be fascinating to see what comes next (2/2).
This piece from the folks at @dsaobservatory.bsky.social is a helpful overview of what we can expect to see and when. dsa-observatory.eu/2024/11/22/t...
The wait is (almost) over! First risk assessment and audit reports – what will be published, when, and the way forward - DSA Observatory
Magdalena Jóźwiak Researcher, DSA Observatory University of Amsterdam By the end of November 2024, the VLOPs and VLOSEs first designated by the Commission on 25 April 2023, are expected to publish the...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
This piece from the folks at @dsaobservatory.bsky.social is a helpful overview of what we can expect to see and when. dsa-observatory.eu/2024/11/22/t...
These reports should hopefully tell us something about the scope for international regulatory coherence around risk assessment, and how platforms might seek to build compliance programmes that can scale and flex in response to different jurisdictions' risk assessment requirements (2/3)
November 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
These reports should hopefully tell us something about the scope for international regulatory coherence around risk assessment, and how platforms might seek to build compliance programmes that can scale and flex in response to different jurisdictions' risk assessment requirements (2/3)