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UK study shows 8% of children aged eight to 14 have viewed online pornography

Ofcom says research shows need for stricter age checks being introduced in July, which most major sites have signed up to

The Guardian - UK

Porn sites to use ‘highly effective’ age checks next month to protect children

Major providers including Pornhub, Stripchat and Jerkmate have agreed to the stronger measures as part of the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

Porn sites to have strict access checks added for all UK users from next month

Checks can include credit cards, banking or facial age estimation to verify

The Independent UK

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The online ‘manosphere’ poses a real threat to society

Letter: An article about Ofcom research into anti-feminist and misogynistic websites underestimated their influence, write Prof Veronika Koller, Dr Jessica Aiston, Dr Alexandra Krendel and Dr Mark McGlashan

The Guardian - UK

Three UK was DOWN — Live updates on nationwide network outage

Three UK is having a serious outage — and here's everything we know so far.

Tom’s Guide

BBFC seeks to extend its monitoring role to include online pornography

The British Board of Film Classification has classified offline pornography for 40 years, but wants to expand its remit

The Guardian - UK

Former presenter takes legal action against GB News for unfair dismissal

Exclusive: Albie Amankona, who co-hosted debate show, was taken off air after remarks about Suella Braverman

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Information overload: smartphones are exposing children to an avalanche of irrelevance

More than 80% of children aged ten to 12 in the UK own a smartphone, according to a recent report by media watchdog Ofcom. Many people think this is a bad thing: there has been much debate about whether children should be allowed to have smartphones.

The Conversation

Vanessa Feltz show hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints over ‘selfish mothers’ breastfeeding remark

Designer Karen Millen said that feeding children breast milk past six months was an ‘addiction’ and ‘weird’

The Independent UK

New report reveals the sports Gen Z have stopped watching

A report published by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has revealed that particular sports have suffered a drop-off in viewers among younger people

The Independent UK

Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say

Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom investigates 4chan and porn site over suspected child safety breaches

The watchdog is also probing seven file-sharing sites over illegal content concerns.

The Independent UK

UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Media O2 mobile users’ locations exposed for two years in security flaw

Most precise tracking was in cities, where mobile masts cover areas as small as 100 square metres

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Culture Secretary welcomes BBC update on Scottish shows after Traitors row

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has welcomed a new plan by the BBC on shows which are commissioned outside of London

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail faces Ofcom questions over missed delivery targets

Postal regulator launches investigation after almost a quarter of first-class mail arrives late

Evening Standard

Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again

Royal Mail chief operating officer Alistair Cochrane said its quality of service ‘is not yet where we want it to be’.

The Conversation

Why Ofcom wants to plug a legal loophole around politicians presenting news

Following a legal battle with GB News, the UK’s media regulator is proposing to tighten its rules on politicians appearing as presenters.

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Evening Standard

Channel 4 boss urges Ofcom to be ‘brave’ and back public service broadcasters

Alex Mahon also urged the Government to reconsider copyright proposals to ensure they ‘don’t harm British creativity’.

Evening Standard

Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A court was told that the programme was not ‘unfair or unjust’.

The Independent UK

Azeem Rafiq among sportspeople highlighting impact of online abuse in new report

Some contributors said they self-censored online or while broadcasting for fear of being targeted.

The Guardian - UK

‘Abuse has become normalised’: report details devastating impact of online hate

The amount of online abuse directed at people in sport is getting worse and is having a ‘devastating impact’ on their lives, livelihoods and families, a new report by Ofcom and Kick It Out has found

The Guardian - UK

‘Forgive me, Reader: I ghost him.’ The best dating apps, tested

I spent two months testing the most popular dating apps, from those for hookups to the best for relationships. Here’s what happened

Evening Standard

Ofcom investigating pornography site over alleged Online Safety Act breaches

The regulator said it was investigating Kick Online Entertainment over apparent breaches of the online safety rules.

Evening Standard

Londoner arrested on suspicion of assisting the suicide of a 17-year-old boy

A woman, 29, from Merton has been arrested in connection with the death of teenager Vlad Nikolin-Caisley, who died in May last year

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