UK media regulator Ofcom has been urged by free-to-air channel Rewind TV to treat classic TV comedies from the 1970s like vintage cars and exempt them from “suffocating” broadcast rules around ...

Ofcom closes loophole that could pose risk to mobile users’ privacy and security New rules will make the UK a global leader in preventing abuse by fraudsters and dangerous criminal groups. Ofcom has ...

Ofcom, the regulator for online safety, has announced the name of its much-delayed committee on disinformation and misinformation. Until today, Ofcom has publicly referred to the committee, mandated ...

Britain’s Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli has jumped to the defence of a contestant whose ‘offensive’ act received over 700 Ofcom complaints. Semi-finalist Auzzy Blood – whose real name is ...

TNT Sports' coverage of Manchester United's dramatic Europa League comeback win over Lyon was met with over 100 complaints to Ofcom. United came from two goals down in the last 10 minutes of extra ...

Ofcom says stakeholders are “largely supportive” of its plans for a new online availability and prominence regime for public service broadcasters’ TV players distributed on connected TV ...

Social media and other internet platforms will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content from July or face massive fines, Ofcom has said ...

Social media and other internet platforms will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content from July or face massive fines, Ofcom has said. The regulator has published the ...

Online websites and apps will be legally forced to check the ages of children using their services and prevent them accessing illegal and harmful content, under new Ofcom rules. Platforms will also be ...

In an angry backlash, parents and the Children's Commissioner said Ofcom's long-awaited rules did not go far enough. The communications regulator insisted that young people would have 'safer ...

More than half a million shoplifting offences have been recorded by police in England and Wales for the first time. A total of 516,971 were logged in 2024, up 20% from 429,873 in 2023. It's the ...

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told the Daily Telegraph he was considering enforcement options following the publication of Ofcom's new Children's Codes under the Online Safety Act. Mr Kyle said ...