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Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
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A lobbyist at a company with close connections to the Conservative party will help select the next chair of the media regulator, it has been announced, after ministers cleared the former Daily Mail editor to apply for...
TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds
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British toddlers are increasingly likely to be users of TikTok, with a substantial number of parents saying their preschool children use the video service despite the app supposedly being restricted to those aged 13 a...
Ex-Tory adviser married to Tory MP will help choose Ofcom chair
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A former Tory adviser who is married to a Conservative MP will help select the next chair of the media regulator Ofcom, the government has confirmed. Michael Simmonds worked as an adviser to Conservative ministers dur...
Michael Grade too lazy and old to lead Ofcom, says BBC official historian
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The new head of the broadcast watchdog, Michael Grade, is too old, too lazy, and has too many conflicts of interest to lead Ofcom, the BBC’s official historian has said. Prof Jean Seaton told the Hay festival that Gra...
Ofcom investigates BBC over reporting of antisemitic attack
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The regulator Ofcom is investigating the BBC over the reporting of an antisemitic attack in London last year, after the broadcaster apologised but denied claims of “victim blaming”. Ofcom said it had reviewed the broa...
チャネル 4 subtitles outage breached licence, Ofcom rules
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チャネル 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence by failing to provide enough subtitled programming to some viewers in autumn 2021 after a sonic boom destroyed equipment used to broadcast its programmes, ...
Parties inquisitor Sue Gray also in charge of finding Ofcom chair
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Sue Gray may hold the fate of the prime minister in her hands – but the senior civil servant has been given extra time to help choose the next head of Ofcom, after the government once again extended the deadline to ap...
Parcel delivery firms must improve handling of complaints, Ofcom warns
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Parcel firms must improve how they deal with delivery errors or face enforcement action, the industry’s regulator has warned. Ofcom said people in the UK who send and receive parcels would receive greater protection u...
Michael Grade has ‘kept his hat in the ring’ for role of Ofcom chair
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Lord Michael Grade has admitted that he has “kept his hat in the ring” for the position of Ofcom chair, after having had “second thoughts” about applying. “I became suspicious of the process, until I realised Sue Gray...
TikTok is fastest growing news source for UK adults, Ofcom finds
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Watch out Huw Edwards, the TikTokers are coming. The social video platform is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, 調査によると, but nearly half of people using it for current affairs turn to fellow...
Ofcom opens 15 investigations into RT’s Ukraine war coverage
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Kremlin-backed television station RT could lose its licence to broadcast in the UK after media regulator Ofcom launched 15 separate investigations into its news coverage of the war in Ukraine. The English-language cha...
Ofcom finds BBC guilty of impartiality breaches over Ruth Davidson interview
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The BBC was guilty of breaching impartiality rules when it allowed the then Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, to accuse the Scottish government of corruption on air. The broadcasting regulator Ofcom said BB...
Ofcom quits Stonewall LGBT+ scheme over ‘risk of perceived bias’
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Ofcom has announced its withdrawal from a diversity scheme run by LGBT+ charity Stonewall. The communications regulator said in a statement it has withdrawn from the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme because of ...
Tech bosses face jail if they hamper Ofcom investigations from next year
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Tech bosses face the threat of prosecution and up to two years in jail if they hamper investigations by the communications watchdog from next year, under a wide-ranging overhaul of a landmark online safety bill. The g...
GB News faces Ofcom investigation over host’s Covid booster claims
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GB News is being investigated by the media regulator Ofcom after one of its hosts made misleading claims about the side-effects of Covid booster vaccines. The presenter Mark Steyn wrongly alleged that having the extra...
Piers Morgan’s GMB Meghan comments attract record Ofcom complaints
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Two episodes of Good Morning Britain in which Piers Morgan’s comments about the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey led to him quitting the show have attracted the most complaints to the regulator in its ...