Ofcom

British

/ ˈɒfkɒm /

acronym

Office of Communications: a government body regulating the telecommunications industries; a super-regulator merging the Radio Authority, Independent Television Commission, and Oftel

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Guidance regarding violence against women and girls' from the media regulator, Ofcom, has to be taken seriously, she adds - and "must be made a mandatory code of practice with consequences for non-compliance".

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The UK government is bringing into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, and regulator Ofcom is still probing whether X broke existing UK laws.

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The age ratings would be enforced by media regulator Ofcom, who could issue fines for companies that do not comply.

From BBC

The UK watchdog Ofcom has also launched an investigation into Grok.

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It prompted the regulator Ofcom to launch an investigation on Monday and the government to announce it will enforce a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual deepfakes.

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