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...
12 Jan, 2026, 11.08 PM IST
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...
12 Jan, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
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 ...
31 Jul, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
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...
12 Jan, 2024, 11.18 AM IST
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 ...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
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 ...
05 Oct, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
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...
04 Oct, 2023, 10.32 PM IST
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...
03 Oct, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
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...
05 Apr, 2023, 06.04 PM IST
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 ...
05 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
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...
22 Sep, 2022, 04.08 PM IST
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...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
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".
02 Apr, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
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...
18 Mar, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
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.
13 Mar, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
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...
17 May, 2020, 12.12 PM IST