Clare McGlynn acknowledges that Ofcom are unlikely to provide guidance for services' obligations on, for example, the recently commenced offences under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 for at least another 18 months.
18 months.
This uncertainty has already led to legitimate tax-paying business publishing legal content to close down, often returning creators to poverty, or putting them at risk of in-person male violence.
Meanwhile, these offences are still enforceable by police, and any future guidance would not be binding on a court deciding such content's legality.
Furthermore, extraterritorial publication could still be prosecuted under Perrin.
Link to Clare McGlynn's oral evidence here:
Link to the decision in Perrin here: