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On 27 March 2025, the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, imposed a financial penalty of GBP 1.05 million on Fenix International Limited, the company behind OnlyFans, following an investigation into its age assurance practices. The penalty stems from Fenix’s failure to provide accurate and complete responses to two statutory information requests concerning its age verification systems on the adult content platform. Following an investigation launched in May 2024 under the video-sharing platform (VSP) framework (introduced in 2020 by Part 4B of the Communications Act 2003), Ofcom...

Ofcom received three complaints regarding the Geo News current affairs programme "Aapas Ki Baat" (the programme), which aired on 25 June 2024, in the run-up to the UK General Election on 4 July 2024. The complaints concerned interviews with Labour Party and independent candidates from the Birmingham Ladywood, Hall Green, and Moseley constituencies, while failing to include other candidates from those constituencies. The opportunity to take part in the programme was not offered to all the candidates, and a full list of candidates standing for election in each featured constituency was...

On 11 March 2025, the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, imposed a financial penalty of £150,000 on Word Network Operating Company Inc. for serious breaches of the UK Broadcasting Code. The decision follows the broadcast of two episodes of Peter Popoff Ministries on The Word Network in May 2023, which included repeated claims that a product called "Miracle Spring Water" could cure serious illnesses and resolve financial problems. Ofcom concluded that these programmes breached rules relating to harm and offence, religious exploitation, and undue promotion. In addition to...

On 14 January 2025, the High Court delivered a significant judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc. and Others v. Stability AI Ltd. (the Case). The Case concerns the alleged infringement of copyright materials used in the training of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The High Court determined that the sixth claimant could not bring a representative claim for a large number of copyright holders given that the parties had not been fully identified whilst each rights holder had different licensing rights with the claimants meaning that each case would have to be determined on its own merits making...

On 17 December 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (in conjunction with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Intellectual Property Office) presented to parliament an open consultation paper (the Consultation) about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright. The Consultation poses 47 questions and participants have until 25 February 2025 to comment. The Consultation reflects the significance of the UK creative industries and their contribution to the UK economy suggesting that the creative industries contribute GBP 124.8 billion to the...