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Online Consultation  \nJuly 2024  \nIntroduction  \nNexus has almost 40 years’ experience offering a specialised professional counselling service to people impacted by sexual abuse and abusive relationships. We can provide support to anyone impacted by sexual abuse from age 4 and upwards, availability of children’s counselling depends on available funding. We currently also provide support services to adults who are age 18+ , identify as male, and who have been impacted by abusive relationships (domestic abuse) as an adult or child. Our Early Intervention and Prevention Training team provide a range of bespoke training and workshops that are available to schools, workplaces, volunteer groups, higher education institutions, individual practitioners, community groups, sports teams, voluntary and charity groups, and businesses.  \nAs providers of Relationship and Sexuality Education as well as a therapeutic intervention service for young people impacted by sexual abuse and abusive relationships, Nexus welcomes this robust, wellevidenced volume of proposals from Ofcom to strengthen protectionsand accountability measures for online services. As society continues to spend large quantities of time online or on social media, we strongly believe in the responsibility of service providers, government, and strategic stakeholders to protect our children and young people from harms online.  \nThe following comments, suggestions, and questions are based on our expertise and experience supporting children, young people, and their families and carers through therapeutic interventions across Northern Ireland.  \nBackground (Volume 1)  \nAs part of the commissioning and implementation of the Online Safety Act (2023), Ofcom was named as the independent regulator of Online Safety. In this role, Ofcom must set out the guidance, framework, and steps for service providers to take to fulfil their legal duties as set out in the Online Safety Act. Ofcom will also possess enforcement powers to ensure providers ' compliance with the agreed safety frameworksand codes of practise. Ofcom has created a 3 Phase approach to implementing the Online Safety Act, described as follows:  \nPhase One: Illegal Harms Duties-November 2023 to Autumn 2024  \n Analysis of the causes and impacts of online harm, to support services in carrying out their risk assessments;  \n Draft guidance on a recommended process for assessing risk;  \n Draft codes of practice, setting out what services can do to mitigate the risk of harm; and  \n Draft guidelines on Ofcom’s approach to enforcement.  \nPhase Two: Child Safety, Pornography, and the Protection of Women and Girls-December 2023 to Spring 2025  \n Draft guidance on age assurance for online pornography services  \n Draft codes of practise for protection of children  \n analysis of the causes and impacts of online harm to children; and  \n Draft risk assessment guidance focusing on children’s harms.  \n Draft Guidance on Protecting women and girls  \nPhase Three: Transparency, User Empowerment, and other duties on categorised services  \n Produce a register of categorised services by the end of 2024  \n Publish draft proposals regarding the additional duties on these services in early 2025; and  \n Issue transparency notices in mid 2025  \nBackground (Volume 1) continued  \nThis consultation focuses on Ofcom’s proposals for how internet services that enable the sharing of user-generated content ( 'user-touser services ') and search services should approach their new duties relating to content that is harmful to children.  \nIn this consultation, Ofcom cover:  \n How to assess if your service is likely to be accessed by children;  \n The causes and impacts of harms to children;  \n How services should assess and mitigate the risks of harms to children.  \nVolume 2 : Identifying the Services that Children are Using  \nA children’s access assessment is a process that all Part 3 services in scope of the","cbCaitqMksvnuIDx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitqMksvnuIDx","pdf",1656661,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Nexus background and supporting services\n# Background (Volume 1)\n## Ofcom’s 3-phase approach\n## Focus of the consultation\n# Volume 2: Identifying the Services that Children are Using\n## Children’s access assessment process\n## Draft guidance elements\n# Nexus Response\n## Agreement with Volume 2 proposals\n## Age assurance expectations\n## Interpretation of “significant number of children”","[{\"question\":\"What does Nexus say about age assurance technology for protecting children online?\",\"answer\":\"Nexus stresses that age assurance must be accurate in determining a user’s age, bespoke to the service type, and constantly tested for accuracy and reliability.\"},{\"question\":\"How should “significant number of children” be interpreted, according to Nexus?\",\"answer\":\"Nexus argues it should not be treated as a fixed numerical threshold, but contextualized by the service itself and the risk of harm to child users.\"},{\"question\":\"Which services fall under the consultation’s scope in Volume 2?\",\"answer\":\"Volume 2 addresses how internet services that allow sharing of user-generated content and search services should approach new duties related to content harmful to children.\"}]","Ofcom Protecting Children from Harms Online Consultation - Nexus Response - July 2024 | PDF",63]