Ofcom jumps the gun with chief censor appointment

UK comms regulator Ofcom has anticipated the passing of the controversial Online Safety Bill by creating a new division to police online content.
Gill Whitehead (pictured) will join Ofcom as Group Director, Online Safety in April of next year. That’s around the time the latest version of the Online Safety Bill is expected to pass through Parliament. Ofcom says the law will hand it ‘a remit and powers to help create a safer life online’, part of which will involve ‘regulat