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BBC needs to update its social media guidelines, says Ofcom chief

Melanie Dawes tells MPs BBC should look again at what its guidelines ask of contributors as well as staff

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom chief hopes BBC can find way through ‘difficult episode’ with Gary Lineker

Dame Melanie Dawes also said the proposed local radio cuts had not been the BBC’s ‘finest hour’ in terms of communication.

The Independent UK

Watch as Ofcom chief is GRILLED on why Tory MPs get to host news shows

Nicolson pushed Dawes on the broadcast regulator’s rules which state no politician can work as an interviewer on news and current affairs…

The National (Scotland)

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Ekin-Su defies critics as she returns to Dancing On Ice in controversial outfit

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu defied critics as she returned to Dancing On Ice in her sequinned catsuit which sparked over a hundred Ofcom complaints

Daily Mirror

Is there really such a thing as ‘toxic femininity’?

This year’s ‘Love Island’ has been marred by accusations of ‘toxic femininity’, after behaviour from its female contestants left male contestants in tears. Eloise Hendy talks to experts to unpack this new, contentious term

The Independent UK

Farage, Fox and rolling outrage: the inside story of GB News

It’s the channel that loves to whip up anger, where hosts promote conspiracy theories and scaremongering, and its editors are convinced it is the voice of the people

The Guardian - UK

Is the BBC a state broadcaster or a public broadcaster - who calls the shots?

The chairman is on record as saying he believes the BBC’s staff have a soft-left bias which needs addressing

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Will UK’s online safety bill protect children from adult material?

Legislation puts duty of care on tech firms to protect under-18s but does not mandate use of specific age-checking technology

The Guardian - UK

Lee Anderson's new GB News role prompts call for regulator to investigate TV channel

Councillor David Hennigan has written to broadcasting regulator Ofcom to call on them to investigate GB News after Ashfield MP Lee Anderson was appointed as a programme host and contributor.

Nottingham Post

WhatsApp would not remove end-to-end encryption for UK law, says chief

Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in online safety bill

The Guardian - UK

GB News makes £30million loss in its first year

It paid £11million to staff and presenters including Nigel Farage, Eamonn Holmes and a number of Conservative MPs

Wales Online

Love Island prompts more than 500 complaints to Ofcom thanks to latest scenes

The watchdog said more than 300 of the complaints releated to the same incidents

Wales Online

Hundreds of Love Island fans issue complaints to Ofcom as they accuse contestants of 'bullying' Ron Hall

Scores of viewers were left unhappy by scenes that aired last week

Bristol Post

Love Island receives over 300 Ofcom complaints after viewers accuse villa of ‘bullying’ Ron Hall

Hundreds of viewers complained to the TV watchdog about the ITV2 series

Evening Standard

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Daily Mirror

Love Island sparks hundreds of Ofcom complaints as villa turns on Ron and 'bullies' him

ITV2 reality show Love Island has been hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints after Islanders turned on Ron Hall

Nottingham Post

GB News' Mark Steyn programme breached broadcasting rules 'misleading' public over Covid-19

Ofcom said the claims were "materially misleading" because of the way the data was presented to viewers

The Guardian - UK

GB News broke Ofcom rules with presenter’s Covid vaccine claims

Regulator says Mark Steyn’s use of data to draw misleading conclusions breached content guidelines

The Independent UK

Mark Steyn show on GB News breached Ofcom code with Covid claims

The watchdog said its investigation found the programme ‘fell short’ of its standards.

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The National (Scotland)

GB News found in breach of broadcasting rules for first time since launch

GB NEWS has officially breached broadcasting rules for the first time since its launch, according to an investigation by a media watchdog.

Daily Mirror

GB News breaches Ofcom rules for first time since channel launched

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has announced that GB News has broken its rules for the first time since the channel launched

Wales Online

Ofcom says 'potentially harmful and materially misleading' show broke rules

The show claimed a link between Covid vaccines and a rise in infections, hospitalisations and deaths

Evening Standard

Snapchat has removed next to no underage child accounts in the UK, report finds

Just 700 suspected underage accounts were removed from Snapchat in the UK between April 2021 and April 2022, a tiny fraction of the some 180,000 accounts removed by TikTok over the same period

The Guardian - UK

The BBC news channel revamp has been a PR disaster – but it also makes perfect sense

The merger of channels is a cost-cutting measure that has provoked derision and anger. But changes needed to happen, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

Daily Mirror

Saturday Night Takeaway fans complain minutes into show at Ant and Dec's 'suspicious' habit

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly returned for another instalment of Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV, with a live audience in the studio

Chronicle Live

New rules mean cheaper broadband for more low-income families

Virgin Media opens its social tariffs to some legacy benefits and Pension Credit as well as Universal Credit

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