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Ofcom revokes TV licences of Overseas Friends of BJP (UK) president

UK's Ofcom has revoked broadcasting licences for MATV National and MATV Music, held by Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Limited. The regulator determined that MATV Broadcasting Ltd, where Kuldeep Shekhawat is a director, exercised editorial control, not the licence holder. Ofcom cited Shekhawat's role as president of Overseas Friends of BJP (UK)…

The Times of India

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

The Guardian - UK

Paris prosecutors raided X offices and summoned Musk as global crackdown on Grok intensifies

UK regulators also opened formal investigations.

Axios

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UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Elon Musk’s firms have complied with data protection law

The Guardian - UK

Data regulator investigating X over sexual images created by Grok chatbot

The social media platform said it has brought in measures to address issues raised previously.

Evening Standard

How Americans Are Fighting a British Censorship Invasion

A new bill in Wyoming aims to defend Americans against the U.K.’s online regulators.

Reason

Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns

Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge

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As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

The Guardian - UK

Pornhub to restrict access to new users in the UK from next week, company says

Aylo, the company behind Pornhub, said it is withdrawing from the UK market because it claims the UK’s new rules on age verification do not work.

Euronews

Royal Mail delivered Christmas letters and parcels late to about 16m people

‘No light at the end of the tunnel for consumers’ as 2025 figure is 50% higher than previous year, says Citizens Advice

The Guardian - UK

29% of UK adults hit by Royal Mail delays over Christmas, warns Citizens Advice

The figure is a 50% increase on December 2024, up from 10.7 million people, the charity found.

Evening Standard

Pornhub to restrict access for UK users from next week – with one exception

Pornhub’s parent company said it will “no longer participate in the failed system that has been created in the United Kingdom” as a result of the Online Safety Act’s introduction

The Independent UK

Pornhub will stop new UK users from accessing the site from February, blaming the Online Safety Act

New users will no longer be able to access the site from February 2

Evening Standard

Pornhub to stop new UK users accessing site from next week

Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety Act

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'Alien' Elon Musk Confesses To Being A '3000 Year Old Vampire' In Shock Online Post

Elon Musk claims he's an alien—and frustrated nobody believes him. Discover the billionaire's escalating extraterrestrial confessions, from Davos to his 3,000-year-old vampire reveal.

The Guardian - UK

Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work

Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach

Evening Standard

John Swinney urges Ofcom to reject STV plans to cut north of Scotland programme

The First Minister said the proposals would ‘set a damaging precedent and accelerate the decline of public interest journalism in Scotland’.

The Guardian - UK

Nandy intends to refer Daily Mail’s Telegraph takeover to regulators

Culture secretary ‘minded to’ intervene and ask Ofcom and CMA whether the £500m deal harms media plurality

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Alex Rodda Tragedy Highlights UK Online Safety Gaps as Social Media Murders Revisit the Case

Alex Rodda's 2019 murder continues to fuel debate over UK online safety laws, as renewed coverage highlights grooming risks and gaps in social media safeguards.

The Conversation

YouTube may have surpassed the BBC in viewer share, but that’s not the whole picture – a media expert explains

News this week from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) that YouTube has surpassed the BBC in viewing share has been widely framed as a tipping point. Some read it as a final nail in the future of public service broadcasting in a platform-led age.

The Guardian - UK

X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content

The Independent UK

Criminals using AI to create ‘frightening’ number of child sexual abuse videos

Internet Watch Foundation found the majority of the AI-generated videos fell into Category A, the most extreme classification

The Independent UK

Public sceptical over new Grok safeguards as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent asked the public how artificial intelligence should be regulated, as Elon Musk’s X introduced new safeguards on its AI chatbot Grok following pressure from UK regulators.

The Independent UK

What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images

U.K. officials say they are enforcing new laws to make creating online sexual images without consent illegal

The Guardian - UK

Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog?

UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restricted

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