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Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over inaccuracy claims

US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics

The Guardian - UK

Facebook slow to act on posts celebrating Bondi beach massacre, anti-hate group says

Exclusive: CST highlights volume of IS-supporting accounts and says social media firms ‘putting all of us in danger’

The Guardian - UK

Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war

Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians

The Guardian - UK

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Google Warns Britain Is Drifting Into Authoritarian Irrelevance

Google joins X in attacking the UK's Online Safety Act, warning that strict content policing and heavy regulation are pushing Britain toward 'authoritarian irrelevance' and stifling digital innovation.

International Business Times UK

Ofcom reveals 2025’s most complained about UK TV show

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The Independent UK

Love Island is UK’s most complained about programme of 2025, says Ofcom

Regulator received thousands of complaints over treatment of Shakira Khan by other female contestants on ITV series

The Guardian - UK

The most complained about TV this year as Ofcom says three in 10 complaints were about one show

Coverage of the Brit Awards on ITV1 received 938 complaints over singer Sabrina Carpenter’s routine, and Charli XCX’s dress

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Ofcom’s most complained about TV shows of the year named

The broadcasting regulator said around three in 10 complaints were about one programme.

Evening Standard

Parents told not to do everyday habit during Christmas

Dame Rachel admitted she had previously been ‘as guilty’ on the issue

The Independent UK

Children’s tsar urges parents to ditch their phones during festive family time

Dame Rachel de Souza’s comments came as she launched a new guide offering parents tips and advice for online safety, as well as around screen time.

Evening Standard

File-sharing service fined £20,000 amid Online Safety Act crackdown

Ofcom launched an investigation into Im.ge in June, alongside six other file-sharing services.

Evening Standard

Ofcom says it’s investigating Three and BT to see if they ‘failed’ customers during this year’s big outages

The BT, EE, and Three networks collapsed to such an extent in June and July that regulators are getting involved.

TechRadar

‘Watered down’ plans for STV news revamp still ‘bad for journalism’, says union

The broadcaster now proposes 30% of its teatime news programme in the north will have content specific to the area.

Evening Standard

Regulator ‘proposes to accept’ STV plan for retaining news services in north

While the STV News At 6 programme will be produced and presented from Glasgow about 30% of the programme in the north will be specific to the area.

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The Independent UK

Amazon apologises after 15-rated movie is shown to a child who rented PG film

Amazon rented romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs rather than intended PG film

The Independent UK

Ofcom investigating two UK phone networks after major outages

Customers were unable to make or receive calls to other networks and, critically, to emergency services

Evening Standard

BT and Three facing Ofcom investigations after outages

The outages resulted in disruption to mobile call services, including to emergency services, across the UK, Ofcom said.

The Guardian - UK

‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds

With public service broadcasters starting to look like ‘endangered species’, many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closely

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The Guardian - UK

Card Factory issues shock profit warning during peak Christmas period

Retailer, which also owns Funky Pigeon, says economic pressure has hit shoppers’ confidence

Evening Standard

Royal Mail issues Christmas delivery warning for dozens of UK postcodes including London

The postal service says these delays are the result of an increasing strain on the service in the run-up to Christmas

TechRadar

Online safety debate: peer claims kids' VPNs 'expose devices to viruses'

A Lib Dem peer has raised concerns about unsafe VPN apps in a debate in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

UK porn site traffic plunges since age checks – but VPN use up

Age verification became mandatory on 25 July this year as part of the Online Safety Act

The Guardian - UK

UK porn traffic down since beginning of age checks but VPN use up, says Ofcom

Visitor numbers to UK’s 10 most-visited services have settled at a ‘lower level’ than before 25 July, report finds

The Independent UK

Religious TV channel fined for breaching multiple broadcasting rules

The Word Network promoted unsubstantiated medical treatments and exploited vulnerable viewers

The Guardian - UK

When a chatbot’s advice is a matter of life or death, how can we leave AI to the free market wild west?

As suicides in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, we need clear rules – and we the people must set them, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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