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Regulator study
Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2026
Ofcom's annual media-literacy tracker of UK children aged 6 months to 17 and their parents, this year on a new single-survey methodology. A dedicated section on the role of AI in children's lives rep…
Regulator study
Children's Online Experiences: Including a comparative analysis of the periods before and after the children's safety duties came into force
Ofcom's consolidated 2026 report on UK children's online experiences, combining its Children and Parents media-use survey, two waves of the Children's Online Safety Tracker (before and after the Onli…
Regulator study
Adults' Media Use and Attitudes 2026 (release: Passive social media use, AI companionship, and online side hustles: UK adults' media and online lives revealed)
Ofcom's annual media-literacy research on UK adults, combining the Adults' Media Use and Attitudes Tracker (7,533 adults aged 16 and over, fieldwork September to November 2025) with the longitudinal…
Government report
AI chatbots and online regulation – what you need to know
Ofcom's explainer sets out how AI chatbots fall within the UK Online Safety Act, published amid reports of chatbots imitating real and deceased people and encouraging self-harm and suicide. It clarif…