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December 2024

  • black and white photograph of six teenagers in school uniform in the 80s.

    TV bosses should dare to flout Ofcom rules, says Grange Hill creator Phil Redmond

  • Skibidi Toilet on YouTube

    How YouTube (and Skibidi Toilet) changed the Christmas toys market

  • Teenage girl in bedroom using smartphone

    The Guardian view on online safety: ministers must stand up to big tech

  • A young girl using a laptop

    Social media platforms have work to do to comply with Online Safety Act, says Ofcom

  • We have allowed British children to be groomed by predators on social media. That ends now

    Peter Kyle
  • The unhinged presentation of Muslims on GB News has been exposed. What will Ofcom do about it?

    Miqdaad Versi

November 2024

  • The red Tinder app flame logo on a white background

    Gen Z is breaking up with dating apps, Ofcom says

  • A person loading Reddit on their phone in front of a Reddit sign in the background

    Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK

October 2024

  • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves with members of staff, during a visit to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened

  • Rishi Sunak in front of a TV audience with a sign reading 'GB People's Forum'

    Ofcom fines GB News £100,000 for breach of impartiality rules over Sunak interview

  • A police car  on fire as far-right activists protest in Sunderland after the killing of three girls in Southport in August.

    Social media algorithms need overhaul in wake of Southport riots, Ofcom says

  • A young child playing Roblox on a tablet

    Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’

September 2024

  • The Guardian viewed on a mobile phone.

    Internet replaces TV as UK’s most popular news source for first time

    Media regulator describes change as a ‘generational shift in the balance of news media’
  • A postman is seen delivering the letters in a residential area

    Royal Mail considers bin collection-style website for letter delivery days

    Following proposed reduction in deliveries, households would go online to find out when post is due
    • The Guardian view on the regulatory state: Labour must put people before profit

    • Nils Pratley on finance
      Royal Mail is close to getting the reform it craved. Shareholders should now oppose the Czech takeover bid

      Nils Pratley
    • Second-class letter deliveries in UK could be scrapped on Saturdays

August 2024

  • Postman seen through a customer's open letterbox

    Royal Mail delivers less than 80% of first-class post on time

    Pressure increases on managers at the company whose poor performance is already under investigation by Ofcom
  • Bruce Daisley

    As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant

    Bruce Daisley
    It cannot be right that Musk can sow discord without personal risk. Perhaps fear of unexpected detention will concentrate his mind, says Bruce Daisley, former vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Twitter
  • A line of police in riot gear face a crowd of people in a road

    What is the UK’s Online Safety Act and what powers will it provide?

    New laws expected to come into force in 2025 are under spotlight after online planning of far-right riots in England
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