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Major social media platform under review in UK over terror, hate content

( December 3, 2025, 14:58 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The UK's communications regulator is reviewing one unnamed major social media platform's systems, processes and policies for assessing and taking down illegal terror and hate content, and plans to extend the work to other platforms by April 2026. In a letter to lawmakers, Ofcom said it was carrying out the probe after they had told the watchdog about their concerns over posts on X in the wake of an attack on a synagogue in Manchester in October. Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes said that if Ofcom's confidential process uncovered significant compliance concerns, the watchdog would not hesitate to move into formal enforcement action which would be made public. Letter to lawmakers attached:...

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