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AI “nudification” apps allowing users to upload their own photos to generate depictions of rape and sexual assault are freely available to download on Apple’s App store

An Essex radio show which accidentally announced the death of King Charles has been found to have breached Ofcom rules. In May, Radio Caroline listeners were shell-shocked when the Barry Marsh show announced that His Majesty had died in news no-one saw coming.

Earlier this year, we published a major investigation into the DIY chatbot apps cashing in on users’ desire for intimacy. Chief among them was Seewa AI, which offered its users the “perfect AI girlfriend”, drew them in with intimate conversations and promised that all chats were strictly confidential.

A London-based TV station could be in breach of the new ban on supporting Iran’s IRGC.

Ofcom has launched an investigation into the social media platform TikTok over harmful content concerns.

The telecoms regulator said it had levied its largest-ever consumer protection fine against the telecoms firm after Virgin Media had, over a near three-year period from January 2022 to September 2024, caused customers on millions of calls “unreasonable effort, hassle or undue difficulty” when trying to cancel.

Social media companies will be forced to take quicker action to stop users inciting violence and disorder on their platforms under changes to the UK’s online safety laws.

Being a teenager is tough.

The Metropolitan Police are encouraging "anyone who believes they have been a victim of sexual assault" after participating on Channel 4’s Married At First Sight UK to contact them.

A media investigation has discovered that a comprehensive sabotage manual linked to the banned terrorist group Palestine Action remains freely accessible online.

Ofcom has fined the operators of an online suicide forum £950,000 after concluding it failed to protect people in the UK from illegal content encouraging and assisting suicide.

The UK media regulator has launched an investigation into Telegram over concerns it may be failing to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from being shared.

The culture secretary has approved Axel Springer’s £575 million takeover of the Telegraph, ending nearly three years of uncertainty over the ownership of the titles.

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has recovered just £55,000 of fines out of over £3 million imposed on companies in breach of child safety laws.

The firm behind a nudification website has been fined £50,000 by regulators over failures to use age checks designed to protect children.

New rules that will make phone networks block scam texts from reaching potential victims have been proposed by Britain’s communications watchdog.

Regulator Ofcom has fined Royal Mail £21 million for failing to meet delivery targets during the 2024/25 year.

A telecommunications provider owned by the Swedish group Ericsson has been fined £700,000 after some UK business customers were unable to connect to emergency calls for more than a week, Ofcom has announced.

Royal Mail missed its targets by delivering nearly a quarter of first-class mail late in the first update since its parent company was bought by a Czech billionaire, figures show.

Independent review also calls for a ban on other ’legal, but harmful’ material that is degrading, violent, or misogynistic.

System missed 14,000 emergency calls after technical faults caused nearly 11 hours of disruption last summer