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UK Ofcom urged to strengthen enforcement of online safety regime by crime agency

( February 18, 2026, 10:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The UK's Ofcom communications regulator should strengthen the use of powers available in the country's online safety law to hold companies to account if they are not compliant in tackling child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, "as they have done recently with X,” the National Crime Agency and policing leads said. Rising online abuse, fueled by generative AI and encryption, requires tougher action and stronger penalties, the agency said in a statement. Ofcom has launched an investigation into the generation of non-consensual sexualized images of people by X's Grok AI chatbot. Statement follows....

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