UK Government leads global fight against deepfake threats
– UK Government collaborates with Microsoft and other world leading technology companies to create a framework which will identify gaps in deepfake detection.
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UK (United Kingdom) is up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland.
Building knowledge in blockchain technology across the UK government
– Science advice to help explore blockchain technology’s potential, building understanding and identifying the challenges of applying it to public services.
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UK Government announces free AI training to upskill 10m people
– Every adult in the UK is eligible to take free, newly benchmarked courses to gain practical AI skills for work – as the joint government and industry programme sees a major expansion to upskill 10 million workers.
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BBC to use iPlayer to catch licence fee dodgers
– The BBC in the UK is exploring methods to use iPlayer data to help identify households that may not be paying for a TV licence. The plan would involve linking BBC online accounts to residential addresses, potentially providing TV Licensing with new data to support their enforcement.
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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.
Read MoreNCSC issues warning over hacktivist groups disrupting UK organisations and online services
– On the 19th January 2026, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – has issued an alert highlighting the persistent targeting of UK organisations by Russian state-aligned hacktivist groups aiming to disrupt networks.
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AI Champions appointed to help City safely seize AI opportunities
– Two leading industry figures have been appointed to spearhead the rollout of artificial intelligence in financial services, as the government doubles down on seizing the opportunities of AI to drive growth, productivity and investment across the economy.
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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.
Read MoreUK 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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UK’s Technology Secretary statement on xAI’s Grok image generation and editing tool
– Technology Secretary Liz Kendall calls for swift action after reports xAI’s Grok tool continues to allow generation of intimate deepfake images.
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