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Coordinated pile-ons are a daily risk for people with public profiles. A plain guide to what the UK government and Ofcom's guidance for women and girls ask platforms to do, and what is and is not binding.
In the UK, advertising rules for non-broadcast media are written and enforced by a system the industry funds but does not control. Here is how the ASA, CAP and ASBOF fit together, what sanctions exist and where the law steps in.
Ofcom describes media literacy as work to improve people's online skills, knowledge and understanding. A plain guide to what that covers, what the regulator says it does about it and how it connects to creators, ads and AI.
Kevin Kelly's essay argues that a creator may need only a thousand devoted fans to make a living. Here is what the essay actually says, how its arithmetic works, and where its own text and the wider picture set limits.
A song in the background, a clip from a film, a sample from a track: how YouTube's Content ID, copyright claims, disputes and strikes work, and why a claim is not the same as a strike. A plain guide.
Words like "eco", "natural" and "sustainable" sit on shampoos, shirts and packaging. The UK Competition and Markets Authority's Green Claims Code sets out six principles for judging them. Here is what it says.
What must go on an invoice, when a business payment counts as late, how statutory interest is worked out and what fixed recovery sums can be added: GOV.UK's guidance, explained for freelance creators.
What the UK Information Commissioner's Children's Code expects of online services, and what YouTube requires creators to do when young viewers may be watching. A plain guide for creators and the teams around them.
