britain still has a broadcast regulator, ofcom, but is moving in the same direction.years after he was the launch chairman of sky, former sunday times editor and ex—bbc broadcaster andrew neil played the same role for the new gb news, pitched as a centre—right antidote to established broadcasters. will we be different from the existing networks? yes! because they all do the same thing. so what's the point of doing what they do? will we cover stories a different way? yes! will we give voices to people outside the metropolitan consensus? yes! do we have an interest in fox news? no! disinformation? no! conspiracy theories? no! oh, man alive, why would you argue... gb news will exploit the subtle but significant distinction between impartiality within programmes, and balance across a network that the likes of radio station lbc have navigated. in an age of super—abundant information, our attention becomes the most precious resource. and the momentum within our news culture is with those who can best grab that attention. but generating noise is easy. generating news is hard

household gas and electricity bills are capped by the energy regulator, ofcom, but with wholesale priceseir current levels, it seems inevitable the cap will be raised in the spring and raised significantly. that will leave millions of consumers across the country facing much higher bills. there are millions of households, millions of families, who really struggle to afford to heat their homes in winter. with prices doubling next year, that is only going to get worse. there is going to be more families that need help and those families that do need help will need more of it. people within the industry say ministers could consider cutting the environmental and social levies that energy consumers have to pay. labour wants vat on bills to be removed. a real rethink, listening to the industry leaders, to see what they recommend, would be an important thing to do, before february, and february is when ofgem meets to decide what its price is going to be for the domestic consumer on the 1st of april. today's meeting is unlikely to be the last. the government says talks will continue over the com

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household gas and electricity bills are capped by the energy regulator, ofcom, but with wholesale pricestheir current levels, it seems inevitable the cap will be raised in the spring and raised significantly. that will leave millions of consumers across the country facing much higher bills. there are millions of households, millions of families, who really struggle to afford to heat their homes in winter. with prices doubling next year, that is only going to get worse. there is going to be more families that need help and those families that do need help will need more of it. people within the industry say ministers could consider cutting the environmental and social levies that energy consumers have to pay. labour wants vat on bills to be removed. a real rethink, listening to the industry leaders, to see what they recommend, would be an important thing to do, before february, and february is when ofgem meets to decide what its price is going to be for the domestic consumer on the 1st of april. today's meeting is unlikely to be the last. the government says talks will continue over the c

it suggests minimum safety standards in british law policed by the regulator, ofcom.t pictures or any promotion of suicide or self—harm illegal. and there will be exemptions for quality publishers to protect freedom of speech. my youngest daughter died... having heard from ian russell, whose teenage daughter molly took her own life after seeing self—harm images on instagram, the committee also recommends bereaved parents should be able to access their dead children's account. the key focus of these recommendations is to transfer power from silicon valley to elected officials closer to home, and to make what's illegal off—line also illegal online. this baroness has campaigned for a safe internet for years. i think we have seen over a period of time that the desire for growth has not been mitigated by an equal and opposite desire to keep either individuals or society safe, and we have just seen so many bad outcomes and, you know, the tech sector has failed to deal with them by itself. regulating technology is very hard, which is why it's taking so long to implement new

if passed, the media regulator ofcom would be able to fine companies millions of pounds or even blockalf of the world is on social media, sending billions and billions of messages every day. the majority are not abusive, so when it comes to racism, why are these platforms, some just over ten years old, being asked to play such a major role in eradicating it? when contacted, platforms like facebook, which owns instagram, and the bosses of twitter, repeat the message that they are committed to tackling all forms of online abuse. instagram recently introduced new tools allowing users greater control over who can privately message them. this is not about profit, it is not about money. it is about keeping people safe on our platforms. we have been working on some of these tools for a very long time based on the feedback we have received from footballers and creators. regardless of any calls for boycotts. how many times are you allowed to be racist on instagram before you are removed from it? we spend a lot of time dealing with the adversarial actions of bad actors on the platform and have

it suggests minimum safety standards in british law policed by the regulator, ofcom.ny promotion of suicide or self—harm illegal. and there will be exemptions for quality publishers to protect freedom of speech. my youngest daughter died... having heard from ian russell, whose teenage daughter molly took her own life after seeing self—harm images on instagram, the committee also recommends bereaved parents should be able to access their dead children's account. the key focus of these recommendations is to transfer power from silicon valley to elected officials closer to home, and to make what's illegal off—line also illegal online. this baroness has campaigned for a safe internet for years. i think we have seen over a period of time that the desire for growth has not been mitigated by an equal and opposite desire to keep either individuals or society safe, and we have just seen so many bad outcomes and, you know, the tech sector has failed to deal with them on its own. regulating technology is very hard, that is why it's taking so long to implement new rules, but the

sites — including facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and tiktok — to face sanctions and fines from ofcomg. that's something sophie has experienced. she was on the tube in london when she was airdropped indecent photos. and then the man who did it started to follow her. he was looking at me, he was looking at his phone, i looked down at my phone and saw the request coming in, and kind ofjust in that moment it was so unnerving that somebody was able to send me these quite horrendous unsolicited images. love island influencer amy hart, who gave evidence to mps, fears how cyber flashing could escalate into more offline harm. once the thrill of that cyber flashing is gone, where does it go from there? does it go to physical flashing? and then as we've seen in the news recently, once the thrill of physical flashing is gone, where does it go from there? social media sites have also been criticised for promoting anti—women hate after a bbc panorama investigation, and the safety of women and children online has been a key concern of former facebook employee frances haugen, who also shared her exp

sites — including facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and tiktok — to face sanctions and fines from ofcommoment it was so unnerving that somebody was able to send me these quite horrendous unsolicited images. love island influencer amy hart, who gave evidence to mp5, fears how cyber flashing could escalate into more offline harm. once the thrill of that cyber flashing is gone, where does it go from there? does it go to physical flashing? and then as we've seen in the news recently, once the thrill of physical flashing is gone, where does it go from there? social media sites have also been criticised for promoting anti—women hate after a bbc panorama investigation, and the safety of women and children online has been a key concern of former facebook employee frances haugen, who also shared her experience with these mps. and there is an opportunity for the uk to be really world leading in terms of keeping i think on the order of billions of people safe, because someone has to stand up for what�*s right. social media sites all say they�*re committed to tackling harmful content, and meta, whi

sites — including facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and tiktok — to face sanctions and fines from ofcome recommendations now go to the government, and the bill is likely to come up for a vote next year. marianna spring, bbc news. we will bring you off in the commons, the debate on the government's latest covid measures for the uk later. this afternoon we will bring you that live here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello. we have seen a bit of sunshine here earlier on today. that will keep it mild for the time of the year, but there will be some areas of mist and patchy fog, but what little rain there is at the moment will be moving away. we have seen this band of cloud here stretching all the way across into northern scotland. ahead of it, we have got these milder winds coming in from the atlantic. hence those against the atlantic today. we've also got this weather front bringing rain there is not moving very far at the moment and are still setting across the far north of scotland. patchy rain over the western parts of the country. elsewhere, gene

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