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Online suicide forum investigated under new UK digital safety laws

Ofcom’s first investigation to look into whether site took adequate measures to shield users from illegal content

The Guardian - UK

Suicide forum investigated under new online safety laws

The service provider for the site has become the first to be investigated under the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

First of its kind investigation into suicide forum linked to at least 50 deaths in the UK

Ofcom can impose fines of up to £18 million

The Independent UK

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Royal Mail 2025 prices: how much more you'll have to pay as price on all stamps increased

Royal Mail stamps are included in the large number of price hikes this month

Evening Standard

More than two-thirds think rises in first-class stamp price are unfair – poll

A first-class stamp will cost consumers £1.70 – more than double the amount it did in 2020.

The Independent UK

US officials challenge Ofcom over online safety laws’ impact on free speech

Exclusive: State department said to have raised concerns over whether new act diminishes freedom of expression

The Guardian - UK

Failure to investigate Brand complaint was ‘horrendous’ – Channel 4 boss

Alex Mahon apologised last year to a former staff member for not investigating a ‘serious’ allegation made against Russell Brand in 2009.

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Regulation and technology can help combat spread of online misogyny, expert says

Online safety expert Lina Ghazal said shows like Adolescence ‘shine a light on the devastating impact’ the spread of online hate can have on children.

Evening Standard

OnlyFans fined £1m over inaccurate information on age checks

Ofcom acts after finding flaws in how subscription platform responded to request for details of ‘challenge age’ process

The Guardian - UK

OnlyFans fined £1m over inaccurate responses to information requests

The regulator said it had issued a fine of £1.05 million to the provider of the site, Fenix International.

The Independent UK

Banning us from social media is ‘neither practical nor effective’, UK teenagers say

UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate content

The Guardian - UK

TikTok to be focus of inquest into death of teenager after family sue platform

Maia Walsh, 13, was found dead at her home in Hertford on October 6 2022.

The Independent UK

Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

Evening Standard

‘Sadistic gangs of boys share extreme material online that normalises violence’

The loosely connected ‘com networks’ are also involved in crimes as wide-ranging as child abuse and fraud.

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Evening Standard

Smartphones to receive phone signals from space under Ofcom proposals

The regulator is proposing allowing opening up the mobile spectrum for phone signals via satellites.

The Guardian - UK

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne backs Smartphone Free Childhood group

Writer joins more than 100,000 parents who pledge to withhold smartphones until children are at least 14

Evening Standard

Major broadband providers outperformed by smaller rivals in annual survey

Zen Internet earned the highest ratings across the board and a customer score of 77% in the annual Which? survey.

TechRadar

Ofcom cracks down on UK tech firms, will issue sanctions for illegal content

An upgraded code of practice is coming for UK tech sites.

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The Conversation

BBC Gaza documentary: how an editorial blame game overshadowed an important film and destroyed trust

The war in Gaza has been a notoriously controversial and difficult story to cover as a journalist. The Israeli government banned international journalists from the territory. At least 171 journalists and media workers in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank have been killed since the war began.

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom rushes to close loophole that lets politicians act as newsreaders

Regulator drops investigations after GB news challenged rulings relating to Jacob Rees-Mogg reading news updates

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom opens probe into GB News after 75k complain about homophobic slur

MEDIA watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into GB News after a programme carried discriminatory comments about LGBT people ...

Evening Standard

Six more investigations discontinued by Ofcom after GB News rulings quashed

Investigations had begun into former minister Jake Berry, ex-MEP Alex Phillips and former deputy Reform UK leader David Bull.

The Independent UK

What is the Online Safety Act? Law explained as it finally comes into force

Long-awaited powers will come into effect from Monday

The Guardian - UK

Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety laws

Platforms must safeguard against content such as terrorist and child sexual abuse material under Online Safety Act

The Independent UK

Critics say Ofcom is too weak on illegal social media content as new rules start

From Monday, Ofcom will start enforcing the Online Safety Act’s illegal content codes.

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