Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ofcom

Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower

Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’

The Guardian - UK

Ericsson subsidiary Vonage fined £700,000 over emergency call outage

Ofcom said the firm breached its rules and put its customers at ‘unacceptable risk’.

Evening Standard

Upgrading UK critical services could spur billions in new investment, BT claims

The UK needs to upgrade from analog, PSTN and 2G networks to something quicker and more reliable, survey warns.

TechRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Mobile and broadband companies ‘not being upfront’ about better renewal deals

Citizens Advice said the ‘murky practice’ of hidden deals was forcing loyal customers to ‘jump through hoops’.

The Independent UK

Mobile and broadband customers ‘losing out because of murky contract practices’

Citizens Advice says people who call to negotiate money off can save on average more than £325 a year

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey calls for Elon Musk to be 'arrested after inciting violence' at London rally

LIBDEM leader Ed Davey has called for “criminal” Elon Musk to be arrested after inciting violence at a far-right rally in London last week.

The National (Scotland)

‘We’re here to help’: how Ofcom is urging porn sites to follow the Online Safety Act

Amid the feathered dancers at an adult industry event, regulators with clipboards have been advising compliance

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI

Child safety watchdog calls for child protection guidelines to be built into AI models from the outset

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to call on Parliament to haul in Elon Musk for rally remarks

The Liberal Democrat leader has called for an Ofcom investigation into X, the social media site owned by Mr Musk.

Evening Standard

Meta Faces Scrutiny Over Algorithm Bias as Schoolgirl Images Pushed in Threads Ads

Meta under fire for using schoolgirl photos in Threads ads shown to men, raising safety fears and regulatory questions in the UK.

International Business Times UK

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

The Guardian - UK

UK’s public sector broadcasters demand more prominence on YouTube to combat misinformation

Bosses say independent news needs to be promoted on social platforms that increasing numbers of viewers are turning to

The Guardian - UK

Fixing the Online Safety Act: look to betting, not to bans

VPNs undermine the UK Online Safety Act. The solution lies in America's iGaming industry.

TechRadar

Ofcom launches age-check investigations into at least 22 more pornography sites

The investigations follow new online safety protections for children coming into force on July 25.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev

Former PM’s private office forwarded business proposal from peer to owner of X in June 2024, leaked files suggest

The National (Scotland)

'Standard journalism': Tim Davie stands by BBC using GB News Nigel Farage clip

BBC director-general Tim Davie has said he "can't see an issue" with the broadcaster having used a GB News clip of a Nigel Farage…

The National (Scotland)

LibDems launch campaign against BBC amid 'wall-to-wall' Reform coverage

THE BBC has been accused of “following Nigel Farage around like a lost puppy” by the LibDems.

Evening Standard

Online Safety Act to be tightened on self-harm exposure

Samaritans said communications regulator Ofcom must ‘use their powers to hold platforms to account so we can save more lives lost to suicide’.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Up to one in four vapes confiscated in school contain spice, study finds

Researchers analysed 1,923 e-cigarettes and e-liquids, collected from 114 schools across seven regions in England.

The Independent UK

One in four vapes confiscated from students contain ‘highly addictive’ Spice drug

Researchers surveyed social media accounts over a three-month period, tracking those claing to sell THC vapes

The Independent UK

Almost 600 complaints for TV presenter after immigration rant

IN FULL

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom receives hundreds of complaints after Rylan Clark's immigration comments

Rylan Clark’s comments about immigration on ITV’s This Morning have sparked hundreds of Ofcom complaints

Evening Standard

Rylan Clark’s comments on immigration receive hundreds of Ofcom complaints

The discussion, which aired on August 27, garnered 576 complaints according to the regulator following a discussion about immigration in the UK.

The Independent UK

Rylan Clark’s immigration rant sparks hundreds of Ofcom complaints

Ofcom is yet to decide if the complaints will be investigated

PC Gamer

Age verification legislation is tanking traffic to sites that comply, and rewarding those that don't

So much for horny jail.

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations