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Three Mobile Outage Compensation Explained: What You're Owed and How to Claim It

Last week, a 14-hour Three Mobile outage left countless users without service, sparking a wave of compensation inquiries.

International Business Times UK

BBC regrets not pulling Bob Vylan Glastonbury live stream

The rap punk duo performed on Saturday during the music festival.

The Independent UK

BBC admits it should have pulled coverage of Bob Vylan ‘death to the IDF’ Glastonbury chant

Ofcom said the BBC has ‘questions to answer’ over its broadcast of Bob Vylan’s ‘death to the IDF’ chant

The Independent UK

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Am I due compensation over the Three phone outage? Was your phone down?

The network was hit by a 14 hour outage

Evening Standard

Tory peer makes bold suggestion to combat violent porn

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The Independent UK

Labour should introduce minister for porn, Conservative peer says

Baroness Gabby Bertin, who led a review into online pornography, has proposed banning violent and misogynistic content online

The Independent UK

‘Unless you see it, you can’t believe how bad it is’: the peer demanding a minister for porn

We’ve got into a mess with extreme content because nobody wants to talk about pornography, says Gabby Bertin

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UK study shows 8% of children aged eight to 14 have viewed online pornography

Ofcom says research shows need for stricter age checks being introduced in July, which most major sites have signed up to

The Guardian - UK

Porn sites to have strict access checks added for all UK users from next month

Checks can include credit cards, banking or facial age estimation to verify

The Independent UK

Porn sites to use ‘highly effective’ age checks next month to protect children

Major providers including Pornhub, Stripchat and Jerkmate have agreed to the stronger measures as part of the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

The online ‘manosphere’ poses a real threat to society

Letter: An article about Ofcom research into anti-feminist and misogynistic websites underestimated their influence, write Prof Veronika Koller, Dr Jessica Aiston, Dr Alexandra Krendel and Dr Mark McGlashan

The Guardian - UK

Three UK was DOWN — Live updates on nationwide network outage

Three UK is having a serious outage — and here's everything we know so far.

Tom’s Guide

BBFC seeks to extend its monitoring role to include online pornography

The British Board of Film Classification has classified offline pornography for 40 years, but wants to expand its remit

The Guardian - UK

Former presenter takes legal action against GB News for unfair dismissal

Exclusive: Albie Amankona, who co-hosted debate show, was taken off air after remarks about Suella Braverman

The Guardian - UK

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The Conversation

Information overload: smartphones are exposing children to an avalanche of irrelevance

More than 80% of children aged ten to 12 in the UK own a smartphone, according to a recent report by media watchdog Ofcom. Many people think this is a bad thing: there has been much debate about whether children should be allowed to have smartphones.

The Independent UK

Vanessa Feltz show hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints over ‘selfish mothers’ breastfeeding remark

Designer Karen Millen said that feeding children breast milk past six months was an ‘addiction’ and ‘weird’

The Independent UK

New report reveals the sports Gen Z have stopped watching

A report published by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has revealed that particular sports have suffered a drop-off in viewers among younger people

The Guardian - UK

Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say

Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests

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The Independent UK

Ofcom investigates 4chan and porn site over suspected child safety breaches

The watchdog is also probing seven file-sharing sites over illegal content concerns.

The Guardian - UK

UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Media O2 mobile users’ locations exposed for two years in security flaw

Most precise tracking was in cities, where mobile masts cover areas as small as 100 square metres

The National (Scotland)

Culture Secretary welcomes BBC update on Scottish shows after Traitors row

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has welcomed a new plan by the BBC on shows which are commissioned outside of London

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail faces Ofcom questions over missed delivery targets

Postal regulator launches investigation after almost a quarter of first-class mail arrives late

Evening Standard

Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again

Royal Mail chief operating officer Alistair Cochrane said its quality of service ‘is not yet where we want it to be’.

The Conversation

Why Ofcom wants to plug a legal loophole around politicians presenting news

Following a legal battle with GB News, the UK’s media regulator is proposing to tighten its rules on politicians appearing as presenters.

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