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When a chatbot’s advice is a matter of life or death, how can we leave AI to the free market wild west?

As suicides in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, we need clear rules – and we the people must set them, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom wants to double down on file monitoring in 2026

Experts are concerned about the precedent it may set for users' privacy, despite Ofcom ensuring that measures should not break "end-to-end encryption."

TechRadar

The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working

Editorial: As technology advances, so does the problems it causes. Ministers as well as regulators need to be tough and proactive

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UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules

AVS Group Ltd also got hit with an additional £50,000 fee for failing to respond to information requests as Ofcom strenghts its grip on Online Safety Act's enforcement.

TechRadar

Porn company fined £1 million for age verification failures

AVS Group operates 18 adult websites

The Independent UK

Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks

AVS Group, which runs 18 websites, has 72 hours to make changes required by UK’s Online Safety Act

The Guardian - UK

Pornography provider fined £1m by watchdog over weak age checks

AVS Group Ltd has been hit with the fine, plus a further £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests.

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Ofcom probing how social media firms remove illegal hate and terror content

MPs raised concerns over the volume of antisemitic content on X after the Manchester synagogue attack.

Evening Standard

‘Alarming’ study shows scale of social media use among nursery-aged children

Children who haven’t yet learned to read are ‘being fed content and algorithms designed to hook adults’

The Independent UK

Virgin Media fined £23.8m for putting vulnerable customers at risk

Company failed to protect thousands of people switching from analogue to digital landline, Ofcom rules

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Media fined £23.8m after putting vulnerable customers at ‘risk of harm’

Virgin’s fine will be passed on to the Treasury.

Evening Standard

Virgin Media fined £23.7m after switching off vulnerable customer’s landlines

Virgin Media has four weeks to pay the fine or it will be passed to the Treasury

The Independent UK

Comedian Judi Love: ‘I’m a big girl, the boss, and you love it’

Before she was a TV mainstay, Judi Love was a single mum juggling standup with care work. Now she’s back on stage for a show that finds humour in past trauma: ‘It’s laughter that helped me’, she says.

The Guardian - UK

Number of complaints about BBC to watchdog decreased in year to March – report

The report comes at a time of ‘significant crisis’ for the BBC, Ofcom said.

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News influencers are reshaping the media – insights from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

News creators and influencers have become increasingly important sources of news as more people turn to social media and video networks like Facebook and YouTube to inform themselves. By news creators, we mean individuals who create and distribute content mainly through social and video networks and have some impact on…

Evening Standard

Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom urges social media platforms to combat abuse and limit online ‘pile-ons’

New guidance from UK regulator aims to combat misogynist abuse and ‘revenge porn’

The Independent UK

Ofcom pressures tech firms to protect women from online abuse

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Ofcom urges tech firms to step up to protect women and girls online

The watchdog has published new guidance but some organisations have said it must be made mandatory.

The Independent UK

Ofcom urges tech firms to tackle toxic online abuse of women

The regulator says the digital world is ‘not serving women and girls the way it should’

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary fears digital frontier may be outpacing regulator, with AI chatbots a particular concern

Evening Standard

AI nudification site hit with £50,000 fine over age check failures

Ofcom hit Itai Tech ltd – which runs the Undress.cc website – with the fine for failing to use effective age checks.

The Independent UK

AI deepfake ‘nudification’ site fined £50,000 over age check failures

Ofcom is also launching probes into 20 other pornography sites, linked to the Online Safety Act

The Conversation

How household contracts could be fueling UK inflation

UK inflation has dropped to 3.6% but it remains well above the Bank of England’s 2% target. Beyond broader global uncertainties, there are also factors within our own homes that are quietly sustaining this stubborn issue. Namely, automatic annual price uplifts in everyday contracts for things like mobile phones and…

The Independent UK

Evri says it is seeing more deliveries than ever

Evri meanwhile ranked last in a customer satisfaction survey

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