Suicide forum to receive provisional Ofcom warning

A suicide forum used by two young people who fatally poisoned themselves has been warned it could be fined up to £18m for breaching the UK's Online Safety Act. Vlad Nikolin-Caisley, 17, and Aimee Walton, 21, both from Southampton, died after taking poison recommended in the online pro-suicide chat room.

Ofcom in urgent talks with X over claims AI tool Grok generates ‘undressed’ images of children

An Ofcom spokesperson said the company had 'made urgent contact with X and xAI' after 'serious concerns' that the Grok AI was making 'undressed images of people and sexualised images of children'

BT could face investigation after digital switch leaves customers without phone line

BT could face an investigation after its digital rollout left some vulnerable customers without access to a phone line.

Princess Kate Caught Up In Grok AI ‘Undressed Images’ Scandal

The BBC said its reporters had seen examples of Grok AI being used to "alter real images to make women appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations" and added: "Images of Catherine, Princess of Wales, were among many to have been digitally de-clothed by Grok users on X."

Fact Check: Google did not say UK’s Ofcom ordered specific social media ‘hate speech’ takedowns

Google raised free speech concerns when it formally replied to online safety proposals by Britain’s independent media regulator, but it did not say the company received specific takedown requests, nor that the UK risked “authoritarian irrelevance”,

Labour tells Musk to stop Grok making ‘appalling’ deepfakes

Labour has told Elon Musk to stop his Grok chatbot from creating “appalling” deepfake images of women and children, saying the Government would back regulator Ofcom if it fined the company.

Most-complained about TV moments of 2025 revealed – can you guess who topped Ofcom’s list?

FURIOUS telly fans flood Ofcom with calls every week to vent their anger – but every year there are certain TV moments that leave viewers raging even more than usual. In 2025, the TV
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Ofcom finalises anti-harm rules but their efficacy is questionable

The UK telco watchdog will require search engines, social media platforms, and video-sharing sites and apps to take measures to prevent children from accessing harmful content with themes like suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, pornography etc.

Ofcom urgently investigates AI misuse on Musk's X

The media regulator Ofcom has since confirmed to Metro that it is in ‘urgent talks’ with X and xAI, the AI start-up behind Grok. Under the Online Safety Act (OSA), a bill that regulates online material, it is illegal to create or share intimate or sexually explicit images.
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