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Govt scrutinises X reply on Grok misuse over obscene content

Sources told PTI that X has submitted their response, and it is under examination.

X blocks 3,500 posts, deletes 600 accounts after Grok AI row

X has accepted its mistake, and said it will comply with Indian laws, sources said, adding that in future, the platform will not allow obscene imagery.

Khalsa TV loses broadcast licence in UK over Khalistani propaganda

Khalsa Television Limited has surrendered its licence to broadcast in the UK after an investigation by the country's media watchdog found its KTV channel breached broadcasting rules with Khalistani propaganda and issued a draft notice to revoke last month.

UK media watchdog suspends Khalsa TV licence over Khalistani propaganda

The communications regulator said the 95-minute live discussion programme included material likely to 'incite violence.'

Ukraine invasion: UK media watchdog revokes Russian channel RT's licence

Ofcom ruled that it did not consider RT's licensee, ANO TV Novosti, 'fit and proper' to hold a UK broadcast licence.

UK media watchdog fines Khalsa TV for violence, terror references

Its order also includes a direction for the channel to broadcast a statement of Ofcom's findings on a date and in a form to be determined by the watchdog and also for KTV not to repeat the music video or the discussion programme found in breach of its rules.

Radio station left relief funds dormant for seven years

An investigation by the Charity Commission has revealed that a London-based radio station that raised 160,000 for natural disaster left it unused in a bank account for almost seven years, The Guardian reported.

Another Indian gets bullied on Big Brother

After Shilpa Shetty, another Indian contestant racially bullied in Big Brother.

China bans BBC from broadcasting for violating reporting guidelines

Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party government's mouthpiece, said that the broadcaster is responsible "for falsified reporting" on China's handling of the coronavirus in the country.

English Premier League rights auction to be probed by regulator

British media regulator Ofcom said on Tuesday it would investigate whether the method used by the Premier League to sell live media rights for soccer matches to its home market distorted competition.

India needs independent media regulator

Country needs a regulator that will create a policy framework for the $17 billion business of media and entertainment in India.

Shyam Tele bags UK GSM licence

Coming soon: BBC News in Indian languages

The BBC is all set to produce daily newscasts in Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi (in addition to the existing Hindi, Tamil and Urdu), Jim Egan, CEO, BBC Global News, tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

UK allows parents to block 'radicalised' teens' passports

British PM David Cameron on Monday unveiled tough new measures, allowing parents of teens at risk of "poisonous" radicalisation to have their passports blocked.