Ofcom

Ofcom is the UK regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.

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NewsRadio

Community Radio Fund awards £1 million to stations across UK

– Ofcom has announced that 47 community radio stations have successfully been awarded grants following the conclusion the Community Radio Fund, with the total amount of funding awarded reaching over £1 million. 

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InternetNews

Ofcom fines porn company £800,000 for failing to introduce age checks

– Ofcom has fined Kick Online Entertainment SA £800,000 for failing to put in place age checks to protect children from pornographic content.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)News

Ofcom provides update on its ongoing investigation into X

– Ofcom has today set out the next steps in its investigation into X, and the limitations of the UK’s Online Safety Act in relation to AI chatbots.

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InternetNews

Ofcom joins forces with international online safety regulators on age checks

– Ofcom and international online safety regulators have come together to highlight the importance of age checks in protecting children online. 

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NewsSocial Media

Snapchat improves risk assessment as result of Ofcom enforcement action

– Ofcom has confirmed that – in direct response to action from the enforcement team – Snapchat has materially improved its illegal content risk assessment, which will ensure it is required to implement a broad range of safety measures, in line with their codes of practice, to protect the UK public.  

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InternetNews

UK regulator Ofcom launches investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery

– The UK’s independent online safety watchdog, Ofcom, has today opened a formal investigation into X under the UK’s Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)News

The types of AI services the UK Online Safety Act applies to

– AI chatbots have been in the news a lot recently. They are a new and increasingly prevalent tool that some people use for work, study, research, entertainment or simply for conversation.

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NewsTelecoms

Ofcom investigates BT and Three following mobile network outages

Mobile operators are required to take appropriate and proportionate measures to identify and reduce the risks and prepare for the

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NewsSpaceTelecoms

Ofcom enables satellite calls, texts and data to help eliminate mobile blackspots

– The race to bring satellite calls and texts to ordinary smartphones has begun, after Ofcom announced its final decisions about how the technology can be rolled out.

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NewsTelecoms

Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million for putting vulnerable customers at risk of harm

– Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million, after it disconnected telecare customers during its programme to migrate customers to digital landlines.

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