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Ofcom’s most complained about TV shows of the year named

The broadcasting regulator said around three in 10 complaints were about one programme.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025

Parents told not to do everyday habit during Christmas

Dame Rachel admitted she had previously been ‘as guilty’ on the issue

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025

Children’s tsar urges parents to ditch their phones during festive family time

Dame Rachel de Souza’s comments came as she launched a new guide offering parents tips and advice for online safety, as well as around screen time.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025

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File-sharing service fined £20,000 amid Online Safety Act crackdown

Ofcom launched an investigation into Im.ge in June, alongside six other file-sharing services.

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Ofcom says it’s investigating Three and BT to see if they ‘failed’ customers during this year’s big outages

The BT, EE, and Three networks collapsed to such an extent in June and July that regulators are getting involved.

TechRadar · Dec 16, 2025

‘Watered down’ plans for STV news revamp still ‘bad for journalism’, says union

The broadcaster now proposes 30% of its teatime news programme in the north will have content specific to the area.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

Regulator ‘proposes to accept’ STV plan for retaining news services in north

While the STV News At 6 programme will be produced and presented from Glasgow about 30% of the programme in the north will be specific to the area.

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

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Amazon apologises after 15-rated movie is shown to a child who rented PG film

Amazon rented romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs rather than intended PG film

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

BT and Three facing Ofcom investigations after outages

The outages resulted in disruption to mobile call services, including to emergency services, across the UK, Ofcom said.

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

Ofcom investigating two UK phone networks after major outages

Customers were unable to make or receive calls to other networks and, critically, to emergency services

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds

With public service broadcasters starting to look like ‘endangered species’, many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closely

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025

Card Factory issues shock profit warning during peak Christmas period

Retailer, which also owns Funky Pigeon, says economic pressure has hit shoppers’ confidence

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Royal Mail issues Christmas delivery warning for dozens of UK postcodes including London

The postal service says these delays are the result of an increasing strain on the service in the run-up to Christmas

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

Online safety debate: peer claims kids' VPNs 'expose devices to viruses'

A Lib Dem peer has raised concerns about unsafe VPN apps in a debate in the House of Lords.

TechRadar · Dec 11, 2025

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The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

UK porn site traffic plunges since age checks – but VPN use up

Age verification became mandatory on 25 July this year as part of the Online Safety Act

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

UK porn traffic down since beginning of age checks but VPN use up, says Ofcom

Visitor numbers to UK’s 10 most-visited services have settled at a ‘lower level’ than before 25 July, report finds

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

Religious TV channel fined for breaching multiple broadcasting rules

The Word Network promoted unsubstantiated medical treatments and exploited vulnerable viewers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

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

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TechRadar · Dec 5, 2025

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."

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

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

TechRadar · Dec 4, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Porn company fined £1 million for age verification failures

AVS Group operates 18 adult websites

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

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.

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