Culture Secretary tells media bosses to review processes in wake of Brand claims Lucy Frazer made her comments during a keynote speech at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Conference. The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023
U.K. Online Safety Act: The good, the bad, and the ugly The now-agreed bill will mandate age verification or estimation, introduce a new censorship regime, and possibly undermine encryption. Fortune · Sep 20, 2023
Meta encryption plan will let child abusers ‘hide in the dark’, says UK campaign In in Home Office initiative, survivors urge Mark Zuckerberg to rethink changes to Messenger and Instagram The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023
EE blocks more than 280 million spam texts in two years The mobile operator has announced a range of technology updates to further boost its systems for fighting scammers. The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Legislation to tame the online ‘Wild West’ clears Parliament UK will be the safest place in the world to be online with ‘game-changing’ new law, claim ministers Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2023
Flagship law will make UK safest place in the world to be online, says minister The long-awaited Online Safety Bill imposes new legal duties on big tech companies and service providers. The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023
Legislation to tame the online ‘Wild West’ clears Parliament The Online Safety Bill completed its final stages in the House of Lords. The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023
Ofcom has six GB News shows under investigation – see the full list Media regulator Ofcom has received “a number of complaints” about the comments made by Laurence Fox on GB News on Tuesday night. The National (Scotland) · Sep 19, 2023
GB News broke impartiality rules when Tory MPs interviewed Hunt, Ofcom finds Esther McVey and Philip Davies accused of hosting ‘love-in’ with the chancellor, prompting 45 complaints The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023
GB News broke rules when married Tory MPs interviewed chancellor, says Ofcom Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023
GB News broke rules when Tory MPs interviewed Chancellor ahead of budget Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy. The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023
Interview of Jeremy Hunt by Tory MPs on GB News breached rules, says Ofcom Regulator finds breach of impartiality rules over interview ahead of Spring Budget Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023
GB News show hosted by Tory MPs broke impartiality rules, Ofcom finds AN Ofcom investigation has concluded that a GB News programme which aired in March breached impartiality rules. The National (Scotland) · Sep 18, 2023
MPs launch inquiry into children’s mobile phone use amid fears of grooming via social media New investigation will examine the impact of screentime on children’s education and wellbeing Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023 Proton Mail CEO: An Online Safety Bill that doesn’t protect encryption is a paradox City Voices: There are many pragmatic reasons why undermining encryption would be disastrous
Zenger · Sep 7, 2023 Child Safety Or Privacy? UK Holds Firm On Online Safety Bill Amid Big Tech Backlash By July 2023, Apple threatened to withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the U.K. market if the bill became law.
Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023 Why the Online Safety Bill remains a huge threat to London life Legislation passing through Parliament poses big threats to the apps and websites Londoners use every day, says Barry Collins
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023 UK ministers seek to allay WhatsApp and Signal concerns in encryption row Government says text scanning under online safety bill would only occur if ‘technically feasible’ after apps threaten to leave country
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023 Social media firms risk ‘humongous’ fines if they grant access to under-13s Technology secretary Michelle Donelan says online safety bill will enable Ofcom to fine firms up to 10% of their global turnover
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023 Let Royal Mail drop letters on Saturdays. Also make it hit weekday targets With letter volumes plunging, most Britons would probably settle for a more reliable five-day service
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023 First-class stamp prices to rise as Royal Mail fights higher costs The business said it would keep the price of a second-class stamp unchanged.
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023 Royal Mail to raise price of a first class stamp by 15p to £1.25 The business said it would keep the price of a second class stamp unchanged.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023 Royal Mail hopes to end Saturday letter deliveries as watchdog seeks evidence Ofcom consults on universal service obligation, which requires deliveries to all UK addresses six days a week
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023 What Bake Off’s Jurgen Krauss really thinks of his shock elimination from the 2021 series Although his elimination from the 2021 series prompted 115 Ofcom complaints, the cook has no hard feelings. In fact, it inspired his debut cookbook, dedicated to German baking, discovers Prudence Wade
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023 Should MPs be banned from becoming talkshow hosts? Ofcom’s current rules are confusing and the regulator needs to decide if the trend is a risk to impartiality, says freelance journalist Jon Allsop