British regulator Ofcom announces first investigation under new digital safety laws, into an online suicide forum
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UK Proposes To Allow Satellites To Resolve UK Mobile Not-Spots
Solving not-spots? Ofcom proposal to make UK the first European country to allow ordinary smartphones to make satellite calls
Tech Firms Now Face Fines Under Online Safety Act
Ofcom now has power to issue fines and other penalties for failure to remove illegal online content under Online Safety Act
Ofcom Proposes To Free Up Spectrum For Emergency Services Network
UK comms regulator proposes to free up spectrum in 1900-1920 MHz band for rail network and much delayed emergency service network
Ofcom Grants License For Amazon Kuiper To Challenge Starlink In UK
New challenger for Elon Musk's Starlink in UK, after Ofcom grants earth station network licence to Amazon Kuiper
Three UK Investigates After Outage Impacted Some 999 Calls
Thursday outage of Three UK network impacts thousands of people, with operator confirming some 999 calls did not connect
Age Verification For Porn Websites Needed By July, Ofcom Warns
Ofcom warning. All websites featuring pornographic material must introduce a “robust” age-checking system by July 2025
Ofcom Gives Tech Firms Three Months To Implement Content Controls
Ofcom publishes codes of practice for tech platforms to comply with Online Safety Act, with measures coming into effect on 17 March
UK’s CMA Readies Cloud Sector “Behavioural” Remedies –...
Targetting AWS, Microsoft? British competition regulator soon to announce “behavioural” remedies for cloud sector
Ofcom Finds Online Posts Were Clearly Connected To UK Riots
UK regulator says social media posts “appears to have contributed” to riots following murder of three girls in Southport
Ofcom Preparing For ‘Strong Action’ Against Tech Giants...
Watch out Elon? British media regulator warns tech firms to be ready for 'strong action' when Online Safety Act kicks in
Ofcom Urges Tech Firms To Tame Toxic Algorithms
New child safety laws sees Ofcom calling on tech firms to “tame toxic algorithms” to protect children online
Ofcom Confirms OnlyFans Investigation Over Age Verification
UK regulator confirms it is investigating whether OnlyFans is doing enough to prevent children accessing pornography
Full Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says Ofcom
Ofcom finds that for the first time, over half of homes in all four nations of the UK have access to full fibre (FTTP)
Ofcom Probes TikTok Over ‘Inaccurate’ Child Protection...
Ofcom says TikTok may have provided inaccurate data about parental controls, as regulator begins enforcing child online safety rules
Ofcom Proposes Ban On ‘Inflation-Linked’ Mid-Contract...
UK regulator Ofcom proposes new rules for consumers to protect against inflation-linked price rises during a contract
Ofcom’s Age Verification Proposals Pose...
Open Rights Group slams Ofcom's proposals for age verification checks on porn websites, citing privacy and security concerns
Ofcom Proposes Face Scanning, Banking Details For Porn Age...
Proposals published by Ofcom for porn websites to implement acceptable age verification measures under Online Safety Bill
Ofcom Refers Cloud Investigation Of Amazon, Microsoft To CMA
AWS tells Silicon UK it disagrees with Ofcom findings, as AWS and Microsoft is referred to CMA watchdog for further investigation
Ofcom To Investigate Amazon, Microsoft Over Cloud Domination –...
UK regulator is reportedly pushing for an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance
Government Abandons Plan To Scan Encrypted Messages
Online Safety Bill climbdown? After tech platforms threaten to quit UK, government abandons plan to scan encrypted messages
Mobile Roaming Charging Sees Ofcom Propose New Rules
After most UK mobile operators reinstated roaming charges for users in Europe, regulator proposes mandatory alerts
BT Investigated By Ofcom Over 999 Failure
UK regulator investigates BT over technical fault that resulted in UK-wide disruption to 999 calls on 25 June
Vodafone, Three Merger: Industry Reaction
Merger to create the largest mobile operator in the UK draws reaction from industry experts and commentators
Ofcom Hit By MOVEit Extortion Hack
Ofcom, accountancy firm EY and Transport for London confirm data stolen by Clop gang after mass hack on MOVEit transfer tool
Ofcom Allows BT Openreach To Lower Fibre Wholesale Prices
Bad news for altnets? Openreach's new pricing offer for full-fibre broadband, known as Equinox 2, receives Ofcom green light
Ofcom Crackdown After ISPs Miss Broadband Switching Deadline
Uswitch says £1.85 billion has been lost in broadband savings, amid industry failure to implement easy broadband switching rules
Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Services Face UK Antitrust Probe
Ofcom proposing to refer UK cloud market and two of its leading service providers to British antitrust watchdog
Ofcom Opens Probe Into BT Customer Contracts
Telecoms regulator Ofcom to investigate BT and subsidiaries EE and Plusnet over potential lack of clarity in customer contracts
Ofcom Backs Removal Of Fax Machine Lifeline
Regulator backs government decision to remove obligation for fax services under the Universal Service Order (USO) legislation