UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
Ofcom move follows concerns about misinformation and online claims over police response to Henry Nowak stabbing
Ofcom warns social media firms over online abuse during World Cup
Ofcom has written to social media companies to remind them of their responsibilities regarding online abuse and said it will monitor measures taken during the World Cup
‘Free of the shackles’: Michael Grade’s GB News defence raises concerns over relaxing of Ofcom rules
Ofcom ex-chair: broadcasters embarrassed by GB News following ‘majority agenda’
Royal Mail investigated again as almost a quarter of first-class post arrives late
May 2026
Incoming Ofcom chair vows to take on ‘tech bros’
Tech firms face tougher UK rules on intimate image abuse
The Guardian view on policing the internet: Ofcom must push harder on illegal content
X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement
GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton
US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined £950,000
Ofcom to investigate GB News over second airing of Trump interview
Meta sues Ofcom over fines regime for breaches of Online Safety Act
‘There is real danger’: landline phone users voice fears over digital switchover
April 2026
UK watchdog to investigate Telegram over alleged child sexual abuse material
Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back
Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media ‘outrage economy’
City veteran Ian Cheshire chosen to be new chair of Ofcom
New Ofcom boss Ian Cheshire’s in-tray is full but one issue will dominate
