Ofcom, which was established under Sir Tony Blair’s government, holds huge power in the UK, regulating everything from postal services to broadband, as well as radio and television. Among those ...

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.

The decisions are the next step in Ofcom implementing the Online Safety Act and creating a safer life online for people in the UK, particularly children. It follows tough industry standards, announced ...

From today, Ofcom will require any price rises linked to future inflation to be clearly written into a customer’s contract at the point of sale. Many leading phone, TV and broadband firms ...

After assessing the complaints, Ofcom said it told TalkTV to “take extra care to ensure that potentially highly offensive comments are editorially justified”. The volume of complaints received ...

Websites that host pornographic or other harmful content must have "robust" age verification in place for UK users by July at the latest, Ofcom has said. In a new round of guidance ahead of the ...

The first binding Codes of Practice under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA ... revenue or 18 million pounds (whichever is greater). Ofcom has been clear that it will not be pulling any ...

Media regulator Ofcom has apologised for an “ill-judged” employee post regarding a job which involves monitoring pornographic websites for illegal content, and stopping children from accessing that ...

Ofcom, the online regulator ... fined up to 10% of their global turnover or have their services blocked in the UK if they fail to protect kids online. A Government spokeswoman said: "Under ...

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 ...

Shock and disapproval continued as another user called for an official review: "@gmb Really, Fat shaming live on morning TV @Ofcom should investigate this shocking behaviour." The sentiment was ...