Ofcom 'unable to take further legal action against suicide forum'

◆ The Wire takeaway

The Online Safety Act has hit its wall: Ofcom cannot enforce beyond geoblocking against a US operator, and the law contains no power to block sites for non-compliance alone or to issue pre-emptive orders. If you build content moderation, user safety, or regulatory compliance tooling for platforms, you're now watching the UK regulator admit the Act's enforcement teeth only work on companies with UK presence—and that gap is about to spark a statutory rewrite.