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Public Urges Tougher Online Safety Laws After Southport Attacks

LONDON, UK — A new poll reveals that nearly nine in ten (87%) adults are concerned about extreme violence circulating online following the Southport attacks,

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Ex-BBC boss says most staff seek to be impartial amid Gaza documentary row

Lord Birt was director-general of the BBC from 1992 to 2000.

Evening Standard

BBC director general Tim Davie doesn’t rule out reairing controversial Gaza documentary

The BBC previously said it had ‘no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form or return it to iPlayer’

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BBC boss ‘not ruling out’ controversial Gaza documentary returning to iPlayer

The corporation removed the documentary from the BBC’s on demand service after it emerged that the child narrator is the son of a Hamas official.

Evening Standard

BBC heads to face MPs amid backlash to Hamas-linked documentary

It comes after the BBC apologised for ‘serious flaws’

The Independent UK

BBC bosses to be questioned by MPs amid Gaza documentary controversy

The session on Tuesday morning was already scheduled as part of the committee’s ongoing scrutiny into the work of the corporation.

Evening Standard

Channel 4 News featured son of Hamas official used in BBC Gaza documentary

Footage of Abdullah al-Yazouri, whose father is deputy agriculture minister, included in Gaza reports

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Ofcom warns it could intervene in BBC’s Gaza documentary investigation

The media regulator says it has ‘ongoing concerns about the nature and gravity’ of the failings related to Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone.

The Independent UK

Ofcom tells social media sites to reveal how they will stop illegal content

The online regulator has given sites until March 31 to publish risk assessments setting out how users could encounter harm on their sites.

Evening Standard

Extreme online violence may be linked to rise of ‘0 to 100’ killers, experts say

Criminal justice specialists call for new approach to identify emerging type of murderer with no prior convictions

The Guardian - UK

High Court quashes Ofcom rulings on two Jacob Rees-Mogg GB News shows

GB News brought legal action against the regulator at the High Court.

Evening Standard

GB News wins High Court challenge over Jacob Rees-Mogg shows

The High Court has quashed Ofcom’s decisions that GB News twice broke impartiality rules during shows

The Independent UK

Ban violent pornography showing strangulation, ministers urged

A major review of the industry has proposed giving regulator Ofcom the power to police porn sites plagued with ‘harmful’ material

The Independent UK

Ofcom criticised over ‘checklist’ approach to Online Safety Act

The Molly Rose Foundation has called for the Government to step in and strengthen online safety rules.

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‘I don’t want it to die’: one man’s battle to save the last phone box in his village

In 1935, Derek Harris was born – and so was the K6 red phone box. Now, Harris is spending his 90th year ensuring this beloved local facility isn’t lost

Evening Standard

Scottish minister met BBC bosses amid row over production of The Traitors

Director Peter Strachan is reported to have said 81% of the production team for the show were based in London.

Evening Standard

Hundreds of complaints made about BGT after contestant pushes objects into face

The contestant also then ran a tube into his mouth and out of his nose for judge Simon Cowell to drink through.

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Ofcom calls on tech firms to step up action against ‘revenge porn’

Watchdog recommends use of ‘hash-matching’ to allow images to be identified at scale wherever they are shared

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Evening Standard

Ofcom to ‘shine light’ on sites not doing enough to protect women and girls

The regulator has published new guidance for tech firms on protecting women and girls under the Online Safety Act.

TechRadar

Virgin Media was down – here's everything we know about today's outage

Virgin Media internet was down for hours earlier today –here's everything we know about what happened.

The Independent UK

Thousands of Ofcom complaints lodged after Love Island: All Stars fight

Most of the complaints concerned alleged bullying by one contestant

Evening Standard

Love Island: All Stars sparks more than 2,000 Ofcom complaints in a week

The watchdog said the complaints were predominantly about alleged bullying by contestant Elma Pazar after she got into a row with Ekin-Su Culculoglu.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail service ‘worst I’ve known’, say people who rely on postal deliveries

Experiences shared with the Guardian include stories of late medical letters, small business disruption and more

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom clears Ally McCoist after complaints about sectarian Rangers chants

Ofcom has cleared Ally McCoist after complaints about his praise for Rangers fans amid sectarian chanting.

The Independent UK

Children will be ‘left exposed to sexual abuse online under current safety rules’

A group of charities have sent a joint letter to the Home Secretary and Technology Secretary over concerns about the Online Safety Act.

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