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The supplied analyses paint a mixed picture: , creating a high-risk, high-reward environment . Other jurisdictions highlighted include countries pushing age-verification and online-safety laws that ra...
Several countries and subnational jurisdictions had proposed mandatory age‑verification schemes for adult sites by 2025; some moved to binding rules (notably France and parts of the UK’s Online Safety...
GB News is owned through holding company All Perspectives Ltd with principal backers including hedge‑fund billionaire Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai‑based Legatum (often called Legatum Group/Legatum Ltd)...
OnlyFans’ published policy and privacy page state the platform is for people “at least 18 years of age” and that identity/age checks (government ID + selfie) are required for creators and collaborator...
is not monolithically biased in a single ideological direction, but it repeatedly faces credible accusations of both left‑ and right‑wing slant and has documented editorial failings that have damaged ...
OnlyFans’ public privacy policy says identity and related records may be retained to satisfy legal and regulatory obligations — in some jurisdictions that can be “up to 7 years” — and the company link...
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UK law allows arrests over social-media posts under several overlapping statutes: legacy “communications offences” (section 1 Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127 Communications Act 2003)...
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Available reporting and official briefings do not provide a single, definitive count of arrests made under the Online Safety Act (OSA) in 2024 for social‑media posts; government datasets are by offenc...
The UK’s Online Safety legislation and related Ofcom powers contemplate client‑side scanning (CSS) designs that inspect content on users’ devices before encryption, using mechanisms such as on‑device ...
OnlyFans requires government-issued ID plus a live selfie check and payment information for creators; the platform uses third-party identity vendors such as Ondato and (in some reporting) Yoti to run ...
Governments in multiple regions now require enforced age verification for adult websites: a major wave of U.S. states have passed laws obliging sites that host “substantial” adult content to verify us...
was capitalised at launch by a coalition led by Legatum, and , with later buyouts concentrating ownership around Legatum and Marshall . Investors publicly insist they do not interfere editorially , ye...
If an individual used Grok to generate sexually explicit images that depict minors, multiple specialist organizations and reporting indicate that such output falls within definitions of child sexual a...
Imgur blocked access for users connecting from UK IP addresses starting 30 September 2025, showing a “content not viewable in your region” message and stopping logins, viewing and uploads for UK accou...
The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom statutory powers to require platforms to use “accredited technology” to detect illegal content — including tools that would operate on private or end‑to‑end encrypted...
Ofcom and campaign groups have lodged dozens of complaints and multiple formal investigations into GB News for alleged political bias, breaches of impartiality and hatespeech; notable actions include ...