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Porn site fined £800,000 for not rolling out age checks

February 14, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ofcom has fined porn company Kick Online Entertainment SA £800,000 for failing to introduce proper age verification measures. The media regulator said the company did not have “highly effective” methods to check UK visitors were […]

Creating AI sexualised images to become criminal offence in the UK this week

January 13, 2026 World Justice News 0

Creating non-consensual intimate images with artificial intelligence (AI) will become a criminal offence this week, the technology secretary has announced. Liz Kendall said this will include requesting the creation of the images. Hours before, media […]

Ofcom investigating X after reports AI chatbot Grok used to create sexualised images of children

January 12, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X’s AI tool, Grok, over it being used to create sexualised imagery of women and children. Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X’s AI tool, Grok, over […]

Make ‘significant adjustments’ to Online Safety Act, X urges govt

August 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Online Safety Act is putting free speech at risk and needs significant adjustments, Elon Musk’s social network X has warned. New rules that came into force last week require platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, […]

Pornhub to introduce ‘government approved’ age checks in UK

June 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Pornhub and a number of other major adult websites have confirmed they will introduce enhanced age checks for users from next month. Parent company Aylo says it is bringing in “government approved age assurance methods” […]

Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law

June 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday. It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps […]

Social media sites could be banned for under-18s for not complying with new UK online safety rules

May 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

Ofcom has warned social media sites they could be banned for under-18s if they fail to comply with new online safety rules. The media regulator has published draft codes of practice which require tech firms […]

Ofcom orders phone networks to block foreign scam calls

October 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed. Criminals have been using internet-based calling technology to make […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

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Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]