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Looking to launch a new digital service or AI-powered product and need help navigating the regulatory landscape? The DRCF AI and Digital Hub is offering free, expert advice to help you get your service off the ground. This can support innovative new businesses and services, which need advice from a combination of the four regulators that form the DRCF - the Competition and Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom. 📽️Watch the video below for more on how the Hub can help you and your business.

We are incredibly proud of our colleague Nihal N., who has been appointed Patron for The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP). Nihal leads our network security work and this appointment is testament to her wealth of expertise, experience and leadership abilities. Congratulations Nihal!

👋 Last week we welcomed our new cohort of interns! 26 interns are joining us for the summer, working closely with teams across Ofcom on exciting projects and gaining access to development days, networking opportunities, and mentors. We are proud to continue our partnership with 10,000 Black Interns for the third year running, as well as supporting, for the first time, 10,000 Able Interns helping students with a disability into a paid internship to gain valuable skills and experience. We were also joined by interns from the UK Regulators Network in our united efforts of collaboration. A huge welcome to each and every one of our new interns! We are excited to see the great contributions you will make during your time here. 🎉 #InternshipProgramme #ProfessionalDevelopment #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndAbleFoundation

Did you go to Glastonbury last weekend? 🎸🎶 We were there working hard behind the scenes. Our Spectrum team played a headline role in making sure the festival ran smoothly. 🎤 This included planning the frequencies used for things like microphones, in ear monitors and wireless cameras - helping to ensure interference-free performances across the festival. Find out more about what we got up to and our role at major events like Glasto 👇 https://lnkd.in/eh7DqMVv #Glastonbury2024

We're welcoming a new member to The Global Online Safety Regulators Network 👋   The Autoriteit online Terroristisch en Kinderpornografisch Materiaal (ATKM) is one of the Netherlands’ online safety regulators, responsible for monitoring and removing terrorist content and child sexual abuse material online.   Arda Gerkens, Chair of the Board of ATKM said: “Regulation of the online world is still in its infancy. It is of the utmost importance to join forces, so we can be as effective as possible in reaching our common goals for online safety.”    They will be joining organisations across the world working together to help people live safer lives online. Find a full list of our current members and observers here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/esrx4geF

This week we hosted some of the UK's biggest telecoms and technology organisations to celebrate the first anniversary of the Women in Tech pledge.    We asked them why it's important for the industry to come together to support this. Check out their thoughts in the video below! 🎥 Allison Kirkby, Harmeen Mehta, BT Group  Elizabeth Nguli Vodafone Clive Selley Openreach  Lutz Schüler Virgin Media O2 

Working together to help get more women into technology roles! Last night we were delighted to welcome senior leaders from across the telecoms industry, to an event to celebrate the first anniversary of the Women in Tech pledge. The pledge has been signed by some of the UK's biggest telecoms and technology organisations, who have each committed to taking action to help more women build rewarding careers in tech. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the event and the organisations working to drive more progress in representation of women in the telecoms sector. BT Group CityFibre Colt Technology Services GCHQ Openreach Sky TalkTalk Three UK Virgin Media O2 Vodafone Vorboss Zen Internet

Snapchat has introduced new measures to protect its users - including changes to help prevent teenagers being contacted by strangers. Commenting on these new protections, Richard Wronka, Online Safety Supervision Director at Ofcom, said: “Children will be better protected on Snapchat as a result of the platform implementing this package of measures. "Under the Online Safety Act, we’ve proposed that larger and higher-risk services should make sure children don’t get direct messages from accounts with which they’re not already connected, and that their location information should not be visible to other users.” More on Snapchat's changes: https://lnkd.in/ej4T6ii6

🎧 We featured in The Rest Is Entertainment podcast this week, so we're catching up on the latest episode! In it the hosts talk about: 📺 The 10 TV shows we've had the most complaints about. 💷 The biggest fine we've given a broadcaster. 🗣 How social media and broadcasting complaints can feed into culture wars. Have a listen here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dGhNTciw #Broadcasting #TV #Complaints #Podcast

Taking our media literacy plans out on the road across the UK 🌟 Last week, our media literacy team travelled across the UK's nations to share our draft three-year plan for media literacy and to hear your valuable feedback.   Thank you to everyone who came to one of our roadshow events in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London - including the media literacy experts who presented their work.   #MediaLiteracy