Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) – Section 31A – Reporting of intimate image content
Sections
Section 31A[F1Reporting of intimate image content
(1) The duty in section 31(2) includes a duty to operate a service using systems and processes that allow users and affected persons to easily make an intimate image content report to the provider.
(2) An “intimate image content report” is a report which—
- (a)declares that search content is intimate image content,
- (b)declares that the report is made by—
- (i)the subject of the content, or
- (ii)a person acting on that person’s behalf,
- (i)
- (c)declares that the report—
- (i)is made in good faith, and
- (ii)to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making the report, is true,
- (i)
- (d)provides sufficient information about the search content for the provider to identify it,
- (e)provides contact details for the person making the report, and
- (f)complies with any other requirements specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about how the requirements in subsection (2)(a) to (e) are to be met.]
Amended text
This Section is shown as amended by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (see the annotations below), as incorporated in the text in force on 19 September 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.
Annotations
Textual Amendments
- F1 S. 31A inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 100(6), 255(1); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(j)
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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