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Official account for Ofcom, the UK’s independent communications regulator. TV, radio, telecoms, video-sharing, post & more. In Welsh: @OfcomCymraeg
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Joined January 2009
Read more from our Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin here:
ofcom.org.uk
The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into potential breaches of Ofcom’s codes and rules for TV, radio and video-on-demand programmes.
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📢 Our Broadcast Bulletin is out, where we publish the latest updates on our cases. ➡️ Love Island (9 Jun–4 Aug): Complaints assessed, not pursued. ➡️ Absolute Radio (6 Mar): In breach – broadcast competition rules. ➡️ Boom Radio (30 May): In breach – offensive language.
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How do people consume news in the UK? 📰. 📱 70% of UK adults get their news online.📺 This is on a par with TV and on-demand news at 68%.⏰ UK adults spend 61 mins a day consuming news on average. Read more insights from our research:.
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Latest telecoms & pay-TV complaints revealed (Jan-Mar 2025):. 🛜 We had the most broadband complaints about TalkTalk. 📱 O2, Three and iD Mobile were the most complained-about mobile providers. 📺 Virgin Media had the most pay-TV complaints. See how your providers compare 👇.
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🚩 We are investigating four companies, who collectively run 34 porn sites, on whether they have put in place age checks to protect children. These new cases add to the 11 online safety investigations already in progress. ➡️Find out more:
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📺 Our research reveals the most-watched TV events of Q1 2025. Netflix's Adolescence topped the list, marking the first time ever that a streaming title topped the weekly TV ratings. ➡️ Find out what else made the top 10.
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Our research reveals the UK's media habits - and YouTube is taking over TV sets:. 📺 Gen Alpha turn to YouTube first on their TV at home.🥈 It's the 2nd most-watched service in the UK, after the BBC.🕒 At home, people spent 39 mins on it daily in 2024. 🔗
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure 🐾🎉.
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BT has been required to refund or credit £18 million to customers following enforcement action. Find out why here 🔗
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📢 Our broadcast bulletin is out, where we publish the latest updates on our standards cases - including any decisions and investigations. Stay up to date here:
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📢 From today, platforms that allow porn and harmful content must use age checks to protect children online. Major tech platforms have already committed to introducing these. Companies that fail to comply can expect enforcement action.
Pornography websites now require age verification under new regulations to protect children online. Dame Melanie Dawes, chief executive of Ofcom, tells #R4Today how these new measures will be enforced and what happens if sites do not comply with new guidance.
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RT @SciTechgovuk: New protections for children online are now in force 🛡️. This will change how children experience the internet, and they….
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Prioritising clicks and engagement over children’s online safety will no longer be tolerated in the UK. ❌. Sites and apps that allow porn or harmful content must use age checks to prevent children from accessing it from tomorrow. 🔗 Read more:
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The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, STV and S4C need to work urgently with YouTube to make sure their content is easy to find on the platform. This is part of our six-point action plan to help secure the survival of Public Service Media. Read more 🔗
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RT @BBCNews: How will age verification for porn work and what about privacy?
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Anyone in the UK wanting to access online porn will soon have to undergo more rigorous age checks.
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We also found Hollyoaks, broadcast on E4, 18 Feb 25, in breach of our rules - the programme featured references to a placed product that were promotional and unduly prominent. Read the bulletin here:
ofcom.org.uk
The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into potential breaches of Ofcom’s codes and rules for TV, radio and video-on-demand programmes.
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Our broadcast bulletin is out, where we publish the latest updates on our standards cases - including any decisions and investigations. Today's bulletin includes a decision to sanction community radio station Markaz-Al-Huda Limited for broadcasting antisemitic hate speech.
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Change is happening. Children will soon be better protected from online material that's not appropriate for them. We expect other companies to follow suit or face enforcement if they fail to act.
Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK
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Having examined the BBC's findings, we are launching an investigation under our rule which states that factual programmes must not materially mislead the audience.
BBC Gaza documentary breached editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose child narrator was son of Hamas official, review finds
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Our new research explores the online experiences of women working in politics. Participants said online hate and abuse is constant and impacts how they go about their daily lives, do their jobs and express themselves online. Read the report:
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