YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to weight/fitness videos, Volvo abandons EV targets

YouTube is to stop recommending videos to teenagers that idealise specific fitness levels, body weights or physical features, after experts warned such content could be harmful if viewed repeatedly. The platform will still allow 13- to 17-year-olds to view the videos, but its algorithms will not push young users down related content “rabbit holes” afterwards.…

Broadband customers £53 million worse off following regulations, report claims

  New broadband advertising rules are putting over a third of customers (38%) off switching their broadband, costing UK billpayers almost £53 million in savings These rules were introduced by the Advertising Standards Agency because broadband suppliers were found to be misleading customers on mid-contract price rises Broadband Genie is calling on providers and Ofcom…

EE offers free data for Coronation Weekend

UK phone network EE is zero-rating data across its mobile network for the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May, as the nation unites to celebrate the crowning of His Majesty. As the nation comes together over the Bank Holiday weekend, EE and BT Mobile customers will enjoy free data from 12…

5G gains across all four networks, EE top performer

Assessment by RootMetrics, the mobile network testing provider, found that 5G availability continues to improve  in the UK, with EE, Three, and Virgin Media O2 consistently averaging above 40% for in many of the nation’s largest metropolitan markets EE remains the UK operator to beat, winning the UK Overall RootScore Award for the ninth year…