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Tech firms in UK must have plan for illegal content spikes during crises like Southport: regulatorBritish tech firms must now have crisis response plans for surges in illegal online content, following the 2024 Southport riots. Regulator ...- Meta challenges UK media regulator over online safety feesMeta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is taking legal action against Britain's media regulator, Ofcom. The challenge concerns how fees...
- Apple rolls out age checks for UK usersApple began rolling out age verification requirements for UK users as part of a software update Wednesday, as the government increases pres...
- UK watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block childrenBritain's regulators are pushing social media giants for tougher age verification. Ofcom and ICO are concerned about children's exposure to...
- 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 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...
- BBC accepts sanction over 'misleading' Gaza documentaryThe UK media watchdog on Friday sanctioned the BBC for a Gaza documentary whose child narrator was later revealed to be the son of Hamas's ...
- Britain issues first online safety fine to US website 4chanBritain has fined internet forum site 4chan twenty thousand pounds. This is the first penalty under the new online safety law. Regulator Of...
- Britain sets first codes of practice for tech firms in online safety regimeMedia regulator Ofcom said that according to the new code, reporting and complaint functions must be more accessible and user-friendly. Hig...
- UK fines TikTok over child safety data reportingBritish telecommunications regulator Ofcom said Wednesday it had handed video sharing platform TikTok a 1.9 million pound ($2.4 million) fi...
- UK regulator demands tech firms shield children from harmful contentSocial media platforms will be hit by fines of up to $22.5 million unless they take action to ensure their algorithms do not direct childre...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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".
- Fox-Sky deal faces further delay as UK seeks more clarityThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has asked communications regulator Ofcom to clarify some points in its original review...
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