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The Latest Breaking News from Dame Melanie Dawes

Children must not grow up at mercy of toxic algorithms, says tech secretary

New online safety measures around age verification and algorithms pushing harmful content came into effect on Friday.

Evening Standard

New online safety measures to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms’

Websites could be banned in the UK if they fail to meet online safety measures

The Independent UK

Comply with child age checks or face consequences, Ofcom tells tech firms

New safety codes coming into effect on Friday also include a demand that algorithms are tamed to block the most harmful material.

Evening Standard

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Ofcom boss: Tech firms not given much power over how to protect children online

Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes defended reforms coming into effect on July 25.

Evening Standard

‘Very ambitious’ online safety rules will protect under-18s, Ofcom boss says

Dame Melanie Dawes said the Online Safety Act would give under-18s a ‘very different experience’ online than they get currently

Evening Standard

Pornography sites will have to check visitors are adults, Ofcom says

The online safety regulator has published new guidance as it prepares to start enforcing the Online Safety Act

The Independent UK

Age verification to be required on any site hosting pornography, Ofcom says

The online safety regulator has published new guidance as it prepares to start enforcing the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire given green light by Government

Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said there are “real questions about what the service needs to be" ...

The National (Scotland)

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire given go ahead

The Government is set to confirm on Monday that it has given the green light to the £5.3 billion sale of Royal Mail’s owner to Daniel Kretinsky.

The Independent UK

Technology Secretary asks Ofcom for online safety response to summer riots

Peter Kyle has written to the regulator for an update on its plans around misinformation in the Online Safety Act in the wake of the summer disorder.

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey's mother says daughter had 'obsession' with her phone and calls for 'drastic action'

The parent is campaigning for under-16s to be blocked from accessing social media on smartphones

Evening Standard

Online Safety Bill could become law on Thursday, Ofcom boss says

Dame Melanie Dawes told MPs during a select committee hearing that the Bill could receive royal assent this week.

The Independent UK

ITV bosses ask barrister to hold external review into Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning

The letter was sent to culture secretary Lucy Frazer, DCMS Committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage and Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes, in the wake the disgraced presenter's sudden exit from ITV.

Daily Record

Ofcom investigates Tory MPs over GB News interview with Jeremy Hunt

OFCOM has launched an investigation into whether a GB News programme hosted by two Conservative MPs broke impartiality rules.

The National (Scotland)

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Gary Lineker row goes to heart of BBC reputation, says Ofcom boss

Dame Melanie Dawes also said the proposed local radio cuts had not been the BBC’s ‘finest hour’ in terms of communication.

The Independent UK

Ofcom chief hopes BBC can find way through ‘difficult episode’ with Gary Lineker

Dame Melanie Dawes also said the proposed local radio cuts had not been the BBC’s ‘finest hour’ in terms of communication.

The National (Scotland)

Watch as Ofcom chief is GRILLED on why Tory MPs get to host news shows

Nicolson pushed Dawes on the broadcast regulator’s rules which state no politician can work as an interviewer on news and current affairs…

Wales Online

Ofcom says some UK adult sites are ‘not doing enough to protect children’

Ahead of a government bill for online safety, the regulator says some companies are still putting profits ahead of child safety

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BBC boss urges Government to consider ‘high stakes’ before funding decisions

The broadcaster’s licence fee faces an uncertain future.

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