This guidance aims to help providers of services likely to be accessed by children to comply with the children’s risk assessment duties, as set out in the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act). 1 The purpose of the children’s risk assessment is to improve your understanding of the risk of harm to children on your service, and what safety measures you need to put in place to protect them.
[…] To meet the requirements of the children’s risk assessment duties set out in the Act, you should assess the risk of harm to children presented by content that is harmful to children. Content harmful to children includes primary priority content, priority content, and nondesignated content that is harmful to children. You must give separate consideration to children in different age groups and also assess how the design and use of your service affects the level of risk of harm to children.