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Mona Sobhy on Al-Hiwar (as captured by MEMRI TV)

July 8, 2026, 11:07 am

Voice of Jewish News: the antisemitism Ofcom can’t touch – will the government act?

A 'nonsensical' loophole means that UK-based TV channels can technically broadcast the most vile antisemitism imaginable, as long as they do so via social media

By Voice of the Jewish News

IRGC exercises. LuaLua TV is affiliated to the force that is suppressing the uprising in Iran. Photo: Sarallah Ankouti

February 9, 2026, 9:34 am

UK regulator reviewing TV station’s licence after new evidence of antisemitic output

Pressure on Ofcom to act against parent company of LuaLua, an IRGC-affiliated online broadcaster, mounts following UK’s intended ban on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

By Beatrice Sayers

December 4, 2025, 11:47 am

Ofcom investigating social media removal of antisemitic content after Manchester synagogue attack

Dame Melanie Dawes, Ofcom’s chief executive, says 'enforcement action could be taken'

By Lee Harpin

Scene from Gaza: How to survive a warzone documentary

October 17, 2025, 11:17 am

BBC sanctioned by Ofcom for Gaza documentary that breached Broadcasting Code

Ofcom orders BBC to broadcast its findings after ruling Gaza documentary “materially misleading” over narrator’s Hamas links

By Jewish News Reporter

July 24, 2025, 8:41 am

Hertfordshire police commissioner demands LBC suspend O’Brien over antisemitic broadcast

Ash-Edwards says comments aimed at Jewish community risk fuelling further hate in fourth-worst area for antisemitism

By Annabel Sinclair

Pakistani cleric Shuja Uddin Sheikh, whose sermon accusing Jews of “killing prophets” and being “enemies of humanity” led to a £3,500 Ofcom fine for UK-based Salaam BCR. (Image: YouTube/@ShujaUddinSheikh)

July 18, 2025, 10:03 am

Islamist radio fined for antisemitism accuses Ofcom of ‘Zionist bias’

Charity behind Salaam BCR surrenders licence after Ofcom fines it for hate speech branding Jews ‘enemies of humanity’

By Annabel Sinclair

Bob Vylan performing on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival

July 14, 2025, 11:25 am

BBC ‘needs to get a grip quicker’ after controversies such as Glastonbury

BBC under fire for delays as Ofcom chief warns slow responses risk public trust after Glastonbury and Gaza row

By Jewish News Reporter

January 28, 2025, 11:32 am

Good Morning Britain apologises for omitting the word ‘Jews’ in Holocaust Memorial Day segment

Substitution of the word "Jews" for "people" sparked widespread indignation

By Michelle Rosenberg

February 21, 2024, 11:25 am

Ofcom silent over fate of suspended online safety director

Fadzai Madzingira, who described the UK and Israel as a 'vile colonial alliance' was removed from her role FOUR MONTHS AGO but there is still no update from regulator

By Jenni Frazer

October 16, 2023, 4:26 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Ofcom suspends OWN director of online safety for anti-British and anti-Israel posts

The media and communications watchdog removes its own director of online safety supervision after a series of online comments she re-posted about Israel on her private Instagram account.

By Jenni Frazer

September 26, 2023, 12:47 pm

Ofcom fines Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcasts antisemitic documentary

Broadcasting watchdog fines the Islam Channel over broadcast of The Andinia Plan - a one-hour documentary examining a conspiracy theory which originated in a neo-Nazi publication.

By Jewish News Reporter

May 9, 2023, 11:29 am

Ofcom finds GB News in breach of rules over Covid vaccine roll-out Nazi comparison

Broadcasting regulator Ofcom sanctions the television channel for a second time after Dr Naomi Wolf appeared on presenter Mark Steyn's show compared rot-out with 'doctors in pre-Nazi Germany'

By Lee Harpin

February 8, 2023, 9:14 am

Board of Deputies and MPs group condemn GB News over ‘highly concerning’ broadcasts

In their statement, the Board of Deputies refers to the Neil Oliver Live show adding 'some of those invited on to this show represent organisations that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories'

By Lee Harpin

December 29, 2022, 12:56 pm

‘The BBC does a lot of good work’ says Board of Deputies chief

Marie van der Zyl says her organisation is in discussions with the director general as she stresses importance of restoring relations.

By Michelle Rosenberg

Ahlebait TV's discussion show 20th Hour – Money Power, Islam and a Just Order - broadcast in March 2021

July 27, 2022, 11:08 am

Ofcom rules TV channel broadcast ‘antisemitic hate speech’

The Ahlebait channel, serving the UK's Shia Muslim community, said it 'sincerely regrets potentially offensive antisemitic remarks were broadcast', after CST complains to broadcast watchdog

By Lee Harpin

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