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Tech firms face tougher UK rules on intimate image abuse

Ofcom to update codes of practice amid rise in ‘revenge porn’ and AI-generated deepfakes targeting women and girls

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on policing the internet: Ofcom must push harder on illegal content

Editorial: Jess Phillips’s frustration about online safety points to an alarming reluctance to confront big tech

The Guardian - UK

UK media regulator says X promises to crack down on terrorist and hate content

Elon Musk's social media platform X is pledging to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain

The Independent UK

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X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate content

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s X commits to taking tougher action on terrorist content and hate speech in UK

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The Independent UK

X agrees to crack down on terror content in UK after antisemitic attacks

Chief executive of the Antisemitism Policy Trust accused X of ‘failing in so many regards to tackle open racism on its platform’

The Independent UK

U.K. Targets U.S. Suicide Forum With Massive Fine It'll Never Collect

British speech police try to impose their restrictions on the entire world.

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GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton

Veteran broadcaster accuses channel of ‘clear violations’ of Ofcom’s due impartiality rules

The Guardian - UK

Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths

US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UK

The Guardian - UK

US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined £950,000

Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners’ reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act

The Guardian - UK

Chris Kaba BBC Panorama documentary complaint partly upheld by Ofcom

Gang member Chris Kaba was shot dead by police officer Martyn Blake after trying to ram his way past police cars in Streatham, south-east London

Evening Standard

Ofcom to investigate GB News over second airing of Trump interview

Regulator initially declined to investigate but now says it is looking into repeat broadcast from day after first showing

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom to investigate GB News over Donald Trump interview

The regulator will investigate a broadcast of the interview, conducted by Bev Turner, 12 hours after it originally aired.

Evening Standard

Meta sues Ofcom over fines regime for breaches of Online Safety Act

Facebook and Instagram owner claims charges should not be calculated based on a company’s global revenue

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Restricting Speech By Purportedly Protecting Children

Around the world, governments are censoring speech with the stated goal of shielding youth from online harms.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is real danger’: landline phone users voice fears over digital switchover

Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030

The Independent UK

How children are tricking websites into believing they’re adults

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The Independent UK

Some children are drawing on fake moustaches to bypass online age checks, report finds

A third of children in the UK have bypassed age verification gates, research from Internet Matters suggests

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Evening Standard

Ed Balls' 'shocking' clash with Zack Polanski sparks Ofcom fury as GMB bosses 'face pressure to sack host'

Ed Balls had an argument with the Green Party leader on GMB on the ITV breakfast show after being accused of bias

Evening Standard

STV journalists to strike on day of Holyrood election count

The NUJ said the action in a pay row will affect coverage of the results.

The Guardian - UK

UK watchdog to investigate Telegram over alleged child sexual abuse material

Inquiry launched after Ofcom received evidence that suggested illegal content was being shared on messaging platform

The Independent UK

‘Serious consequences’: Telegram faces major Ofcom probe over child sexual abuse concerns

The UK’s online safety regulator says messaging apps will ‘face serious consequences’ if they fail to protect children

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back

Courier promises to meet new delivery targets by next May after being fined last year for poor record

The Independent UK

Royal Mail pledges £500m to tackle post delivery delays

Regulator Ofcom said Royal Mail must now ‘get on and implement’ its improvement plan

Evening Standard

Royal Mail unveils £500m investment plan to improve delivery times

The group is set to begin rolling out changes to letter deliveries next month that will see second-class post scrapped on Saturdays.

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