New Ofcom chair says he will ‘leave opinions at the door’ and that he applied to help tame tech giants
Update 1 April: Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed Michael Grade will be the next Ofcom chair following his appearance in…
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Ofcom revokes RT UK broadcast licence, declaring channel not ‘fit and proper’ to air in UK
Update 18 March 2022: Ofcom has revoked RT’s UK broadcast licence. The telecoms regulator said it did so after determining…
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BBC apologises as Ofcom launches probe into antisemitic bus attack report
Media watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation after the BBC upheld complaints made about the accuracy and impartiality of its…
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Ofcom issues guidance to ITV over false Covid-19 vaccination claim on Lorraine
Ofcom has issued guidance to ITV over a false claim made by a doctor about Covid-19 vaccination hospitalisations on daytime…
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Paul Dacre blames decision to pull out of Ofcom chair race on ‘toxic hatred of Brexit’
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has blamed the “toxic hatred of Brexit that is so palpable among the people…
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Paul Dacre pulls out of Ofcom chair race and takes on ‘exciting new job in the private sector’
Paul Dacre has pulled out of the running to become Ofcom’s next chairman and revealed he is taking on an…
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Ofcom warns that secret tech giant algorithms may be bad for media plurality
Ofcom has agreed with the likes of Mail Online and The Sun that opaque algorithms from Google and Facebook may…
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Channel 5 set to replace two evening news bulletins with one longer show
Channel 5’s evening news offering will be able to “cover more stories in greater depth” after Ofcom granted it permission…
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