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Ofcom determined that an episode of BBC’s, a public service broadcaster, current affairs series Panorama, entitled "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" and produced by the independent production company HOYO Films (HOYO), was misleading and breached Rule 2.2 of the Broadcasting Code. This was due to the fact that the father of the 13 year old narratorheld a significant position in the Hamas administration. The Programme was broadcast on terrestrial TV on 17 February 2025 and made available on the BBC’s streaming service, BBC iPlayer, on 17 and 18 February...

On 4 November 2025, the UK’s first court decision concerning generative AI and copyright was made in the High Court’s judgment on Getty Images (US) Inc. and others v. Stability Al Ltd  (the judgment). The judgement provides guidance on the meaning of "article" and "infringing copy" for the purposes of secondary copyright infringement, recognising that an "article" can be intangible. The judgment concerns an AI image generation model, Stable Diffusion, developed and marketed by the AI company Stability AI (the Defendant). Several claimants...

The United Kingdom’s communications regulator, Ofcom, issued new guidance which took effect on 20 October 2025, clarifying how long-standing duties of due accuracy and due impartiality apply when politicians front programmes that include news. In a media environment where formats increasingly blend and news inserts appear within magazine or rolling discussion programmes, the regulator is drawing clearer lines to protect audiences while preserving freedom of expression. Background The legal background to this development is a High Court judgment earlier in 2025, R (on the application...

The Data (Use and Access) Act (“the Act”) received Royal Assent in the United Kingdom Parliament on 19 June 2025. The Data (Use and Access) Bill was described when introduced to the House of Lords (IRIS 2025-1:1/13). The provisions of the Act will come into force automatically by virtue of section 142 of the Act. This includes any regulation-making powers in the Act, including those in Part 1 allowing for the future development of smart data schemes. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No.1) Regulations 2025 (The Regulations) came into effect on the 21^st July...

The UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) – the BBC, ITV, STV, Channels 4 and 5, and S4C – remain central to public service media (PSM). Yet Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, warns that their survival, and with it a cornerstone of UK culture, is threatened by mounting financial pressures, technological change, and global competition. Ofcom’s July 2025 review presents stakeholder proposals, weighing their benefits and practical implications, building on its statutory five-year assessment under section 264 of the Communications Act 2003. In December 2024,...