2024 is set to play a crucial role in shaping the landscape of online safety, propelled by a significant surge in risks and hazards infiltrating diverse social media platforms. Attributed to a perceptible upswing in concerning occurrences of live broadcasts of shootings, online radicalization of individuals, mass AI-generated content, the widespread dissemination of misinformation and disinformation during elections and crises, and the exacerbation of digital well-being issues due to dark, black-box-like algorithmic patterns, governments across the globe have escalated their efforts, enacting a series of online safety legislations aimed at mitigating these harms.

Notably, in the European context, two significant legislations have taken center stage: the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) and the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act (OSA). This blog delves into both legislations, offering an in-depth exploration and a comparative analysis of some of their key provisions.