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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Read MoreOfcom fines porn company £1 million for not having robust age checks
– Ofcom has fined AVS Group Ltd – which runs 18 adult websites – £1 million for not having robust age checks in place, plus £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests.
Read MoreOfcom fines nudification site £50,000 for failing to introduce age-checks
– Ofcom in the UK has today issued a £50,000 fine against the provider of a nudification site for failing to use age-checks to protect children from online pornography, while 20 more porn services are targeted for enforcement.
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Ofcom has today awarded small-scale DAB multiplex licences for five more areas across the UK
– Small-scale DAB is an innovative technology which provides a low-cost way for local commercial, community and specialist music services to take to the digital airwaves.
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