Naomi Clarke,BBC Newsbeatand Christine Nababan,BBC Indonesia, Bali EPA Tia Billinger, better known as Bonnie Blue, will be deported for an immigration violation Adult content creator Tia Billinger, better known as Bonnie Blue, will be deported from Indonesia after being cleared of breaking the country’s strict anti-pornography laws. She was found …
Read More »Porn company starts new age checks after £1m fine
The UK’s media regulator says a porn company it fined £1m for failing to comply with the Online Safety Act has started to include more robust age checks on some of its websites. On 4 December Ofcom announced the £1m fine of AVS Group Ltd, which runs a number of …
Read More »UK spending half an hour longer online than in pandemic, says Ofcom
Laura CressTechnology reporter Getty Images UK adults spent over half an hour longer online every day in 2025 than they did during the pandemic, according to an annual survey of internet habits by the regulator Ofcom. The Online Nation report found on average, people in the UK spent four hours …
Read More »Twitch star QTCinderella says she wishes she never started streaming
Laura CressTechnology reporter BBC The popular Twitch streamer QTCinderella says she would be a “happier person” if she could go back and tell her younger self to choose a different career. The 31-year-old, real name Blaire (she does not make her second name public), became famous for playing video games …
Read More »Scottish Labour frontbencher quits over links to sex offender
Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy has quit her frontbench role after admitting a “serious error of personal judgement” over a friendship with a convicted sex offender. The Glasgow region MSP was Labour’s education spokeswoman, but submitted her resignation after the Daily Record newspaper said she had maintained links to Sean …
Read More »Porn provider fined £1m by Ofcom as impact of new online safety rules revealed | Science, Climate & Tech News
Ofcom has fined a pornography provider £1m for not having robust age checks. AVS, which runs 18 adult websites, was also fined £50,000 for not responding to information requests from the communications regulator. Since July, websites and apps that host adult content have had to have age verification checks in …
Read More »Porn company fined £1m over inadequate age checks
Ofcom has fined a porn company £1m for failing to put in place sufficiently robust age checks – the biggest penalty it has imposed so far under the Online Safety Act. The Act makes it a legal requirement for websites that host pornographic material to put in place what the …
Read More »Sex offender described as ‘barely functioning human being’ sentenced
A sex offender described as a “barely functioning human being” has been sentenced for possessing indecent images of children. Carey Lyons, with an address at Claremont House on Richmond Avenue in Londonderry, was handed a sentence of four years and four months at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday. The 67-year …
Read More »Australia’s under 16s social media ban: How will it work and could the UK bring in a similar law? | Science, Climate & Tech News
Australian teenagers under 16 are set to face a world-first social media ban from 10 December. The legislation has left tech platforms such as TikTok and Meta scrambling to figure out how to implement the ban to avoid fines of up to £25 million. The companies need to find ways …
Read More »Production halted at Chinese factory making ‘childlike’ sex dolls
A factory in China which has been accused of making “childlike” sex dolls has been placed under investigation by the local authorities and told to immediately halt production. The customisable dolls were reportedly being sold on major online shopping sites and social media platforms. Chinese state-owned news outlet The Paper …
Read More »Diddy’s team slams Netflix docuseries ‘The Reckoning’ as ‘hit piece’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Sean “Diddy” Combs continues to serve his 50-month sentence after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July, his team is slamming Netflix’s docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” as a “shameful hit piece” and a “personal …
Read More »Former scoutmaster jailed after abusing teen more than 100 times
Getty Images A former scoutmaster, who groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy more than 100 times, has been jailed for three years. Wilson Alexander Reid, of Ferris Bay Road in Islandmagee, previously pleaded guilty to a number of offences, which took place while he was a scout leader in …
Read More »North Wales Police officer ‘mortified’ by CCTV of alleged groping
A police officer accused of groping colleagues at a party said she was “mortified” at seeing footage of herself on CCTV. PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, told a misconduct hearing in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, that she was sorry for what happened at a colleague’s leaving do at Caernarfon rugby club on …
Read More »A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
For years, lawmakers at the state and federal levels have tried a variety of measures aimed at making kids safer on the internet, from kids-tailored design standards to age verification for individual websites. More recently, a new model has caught on in the states, and now it’s gaining steam in …
Read More »Peterborough City councillor charged with 26 child sex offences
A city councillor has appeared in court charged with 26 child sex offences. Rylan Ray, 25, of Westgate, Peterborough, who is a Conservative representative for Eye, Thorney and Newborough on Peterborough City Council, appeared at Luton Magistrates’ Court earlier. He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at …
Read More »Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia’s ‘fix-it’ president
AFP via Getty Images Hakainde Hichilema says that his government’s investments will take time to bear fruit Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech. Video clips of him …
Read More »Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist’s phone | UK News
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassment against a trans activist but guilty of criminal damage to their phone. The 57-year-old comedy writer, who had faced trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, denied both charges linked to posts made on social media and a confrontation at a conference …
Read More »Missing Virginia high school football coach wanted on child pornography charges
Authorities looking for a high school football coach who vanished last week and was considered missing have now announced that he is a wanted man. Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, faces charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor, police in Virginia …
Read More »Vinted blocks ‘sickening’ sexually explict ads
Online marketplace Vinted says it has removed sexually explicit adverts, after a mum reported seeing a video depicting what she believed to be a pornographic scene while browsing for clothes. Kirsty Hopley, 44, from Carlisle, said she was searching the app for a dressing gown when the ad popped up. …
Read More »Lack of online age verification in Jersey sparks safety concerns
Politicians have expressed concern for children’s safety after a review found there was no age verification on adult sites in Jersey. The UK introduced age verification on porn sites in July to make it harder for under-18s to see explicit material. The review by the education scrutiny panel found assumptions …
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