Language in the statement will be considered a win by the age assurance sector, given its inclusion of age estimation as a ...

Ofcom, the communications watchdog, pays 20 of its staff more than the Prime Minister’s salary despite repeated criticism of its performance, new figures show. Dame Melanie Dawes, the chief ...

Children will be prevented from encountering adult content and protected from other types of harmful content under Ofcom’s new industry guidance which sets out how it expects sites and apps to ...

Regulator Ofcom said this made it near impossible for consumers to accurately estimate what they would pay and prevented Brits from shopping around and comparing deals from different providers.

Telecoms providers must set out upfront price rises that will apply to customer contracts to protect consumers from uncertain ...

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Ofcom’s guidance said services which allow pornography or other adult content will be required to introduce age assurance tools, for example photo ID matching, facial age estimation or credit ...

Websites which host pornography and other harmful content must introduce “robust” age checks to prevent children being exposed to it, Ofcom has said. Publishing the latest round of industry guidance ...

New Ofcom rules require telecom providers to clearly display price increases in pounds and pence Inflation-linked price hikes are now banned, simplifying costs for customers Fixed annual mid-contract ...