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UK to regulate Netflix and other streamers in line with broadcastersStreaming services with more than 500,000 UK users will have to adhere to the new standards, which include ensuring news is reported accura...
UK investigates Meta's compliance with WhatsApp data requestsBritain’s media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into Meta over details it provided about WhatsApp. The probe relates to a rev...
Elon Musk's X restricts ability to create explicit images with GrokThe move comes amid global outrage over explicit, AI-generated images that have flooded X. In the last week, regulators around the world ha...
UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakesBritain will bring into effect a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, technology minister Liz Kenda...
UK regulator launches investigation into X over Grok sexualised imageryBritain’s media regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over alleged misuse of its Grok AI chatbot to generate sexua...
Britain fines porn website $1.3 million over age checks failureBritain has fined AVS Group £1 million for failing to implement effective age checks on its 18 adult websites, the largest penalty under th...
UK regulator to probe 34 porn sites over age-checksThe UK's media watchdog said Thursday it has launched investigations into 34 pornography websites over their compliance with new age-check ...
Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivalsMany cloud providers, including Microsoft's Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), charge customers based on the amount of data transferred w...
Ofcom’s most complained about TV show in 2023 revealedLaurence Fox's misogynistic outburst on Dan Wootton Tonight led to his dismissal from GB News, making it the most complained-about TV show ...
UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominanceUK media regulator Ofcom has requested the country's antitrust regulator, the CMA, to investigate the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in ...
Laurence Fox comments on show 'Dan Wootton Tonight' lands GB News in soupFox faced a disciplinary hearing with the channel after making a series of personal remarks about political correspondent Ava Evans, a jour...
UK regulator to push for probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominanceBetween them, Amazon and Microsoft enjoy a combined market share of 60-70%. Meanwhile, their closest competitor, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O...
Amazon, Microsoft cloud services face UK antitrust probeOfcom, which started looking into cloud services last year, said it was particularly worried about the practices of Amazon Web Services (AW...
Britain's cloud market needs competition probe, regulator saysThe communications regulator said on Wednesday it had uncovered practices and features that made it more difficult for customers to switch ...
UK to examine cloud services dominated by Amazon, Microsoft and GoogleCommunications regulator Ofcom also said on Thursday it would examine other digital markets over the next year, including messaging service...
Khalsa TV surrenders UK broadcast licence over Khalistani propagandaThe Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced on Tuesday that having received Ofcom's draft revocation notice on May 26, Khalsa Television...
UK media watchdog suspends Khalsa TV licence over Khalistani propagandaThe communications regulator said the 95-minute live discussion programme included material likely to "incite violence".
Britain revokes UK licence of Russian TV channelThe move follows a similar ban issued by the European Union earlier this month as Western nations seek to punish Russia for its war in Ukra...
Meghan complains to UK media regulator over Piers Morgan's comment on her interviewMorgan left his high-profile job on 'Good Morning Britain' after a backlash against his comments on the interview.
UK media watchdog fines Zakir Naik's Peace TV 300,000 pounds for 'hate speech'"We concluded that the content represented serious failures of compliance with our broadcasting rules, which warranted fines. Ofcom has tod...