#ofcom-investigation

#ofcom-investigation

The case, published on Ofcom's own enforcement register on Friday, centers on two statutory "section 135" notices issued to Meta on July 31, 2024, and June 19, 2025, under the Communications Act 2003. Those notices required Meta to hand over data on how WhatsApp Business competes in the application-to-person messaging market - the unglamorous stuff companies use to ping customers about parcels, appointments, and login codes.

Watch live as technology secretary Liz Kendall and culture secretary Lisa Nandy are questioned over AI and copyright on Tuesday (13 January). It comes after media watchdog Ofcom launched an investigation into Mr Musk's social media platform X after its AI tool Grok was used to generate sexualised images of women and children. If found to have breached the law, Ofcom can fine X up to 10 per cent of its global revenue or 18m, whichever is higher.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.